Ryan's balance bike

Here is Ryan riding his balance bike. Excuse me... his newly named Dirt Bike in honor of Dan Maloney who showed us his cool dirt bike.

Here's Ryan at just 4 yrs, riding his balance bike. It's the greatest way to learn to ride. There are no pedals and no training wheels you just learn to balance first and can put your feet down at any time. Ryan has really taken off with it and has to go for a ride just about every day.

This is actually a couple weeks ago. Yesterday we went on a nature ride and he rode farther than he every has. He even wiped out going down the hill of the walking path. It was pretty scary not being able to help him. He just got up and continued riding down the hill....cautiously and behind me. But I was pretty proud that he got back on and gave it another try.