Hi – Single mom here trying to figure out what is going on with my 5 year old son’s Spider-Man bike!
He came home yesterday from riding and said “a part fell off and now I need a new bike.” 😂 We walked his path and couldn’t find the part. I had him still try to ride it and he said it feels weird and like he “can’t balance.”
I hope I can just buy a replacement piece for it, but my problem is I can’t tell what piece is actually missing? I looked online and there’s no pics from this side of the bike for me to reference.
Can anyone tell me what the piece is or how else I can go about fixing it?
It’s a Huffy 16 inch with training wheels on.
by Away-Refrigerator750
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I see nothing wrong with it. Remember, he’s five, he doesn’t know anything about bike parts and repairs. Although, I think he’s trying to suggest he wants a new bike, one with only two wheels. 😉
Everything looks fine but I would slide the training wheel bracket up.
I use this excuse to get a new bike all the time.
Seriously though, check the training wheels and their mounts on both sides. It’s possible that the mount on one side has loosened and moved upwards. This will make the bike less supported and feel wobbly, as he describes.
Could be something else too, I’m guessing a lot here.
He could also be negotiating for a new bike!😆
He may have bent out the wheel supports slightly, which would make it feel wobbly, but is actually good. He can only learn to balance if he can wobble.
Wow, early age to start thinking n+1 !! (right number of bikes to own, where n is the number you have).
Watch him ride: if the little wheel brackets don’t wobble it’s ok.
Thanks everyone! I’ve got a neighborhood bike dad on the case now so hoping he can fix it!
His friends are on 2 wheels.. I was 5 once
This has been beaten to death previously, but here I go again….
I have three kids. The first had training wheels. The second two had balance bikes and NEVER had training wheels. The second two learned to ride quicker than the first one did.
Training wheels don’t help you learn to ride a bike, they only teach how to pedal, and how to use the coaster brake. They are actually counterproductive for learning balance.
If you lower the seat ALL the way down, can your son put both feel flat? If so, remove the training wheels and the pedals and have your son ride around Fred Flintstone style, in maybe two days he will be putting his feet up on the frame and balancing just fine.
Then, put the pedals back on.