I've showed her (almost 2yo) where she is meant to place her hands and hold the handlebar but she immediately moves them back to where you see them on the photos.
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I've showed her (almost 2yo) where she is meant to place her hands and hold the handlebar but she immediately moves them back to where you see them on the photos.
by buttbetweentwochairs
39 Comments
Don’t worry about it, she’s 2.
Let her fall and scrape up her hands. She’ll for sure change it eventually. Kids are pretty dang smart when you take adults out of their learning process on stuff like this.
Give them independence and they will exceed your expectations.
My youngest was 7 when he finally learned to ride a bike. Day 2 of riding he was on a BMX track…..give them freedom!
Let her be comfortable as she learns balance and speed control. Grip will adjust itself when it needs to (brakes, gears, etc)
Just be grateful she is riding a strider at a young age and ahead of the curve. The hand placement will come, she’s only a kid, not racing in the Red Bull Rampage next week.
She’s young and that’s a more natural hand position. Just keep reinforcing the correct hand placement and eventually she will get the hang of it (likely as she gets braver with balance).
To add: my kid has those same crocs.
Wider handlebars
Hold onto the outside of the grip with your hands, then have some fun and pop wheelies.
Thanks all, I am admittedly very unknowledgeable about bicycles, I have a basic one that I ride with the kids but that is the extent of my cycling skill and expertise. I was just worried that this habit would set in forever if we didn’t correct it
She really needs a RËTUL bike fit
show a picture of a girl her age/toddler holding them the right way.
The bike is still a little bit too big for her. She’s gripping like that because she wants to be more upright. She’ll grow into it quickly.
If she likes them and think they look fun you can put tassels on the ends of her bars. They do that on lots of kids bikes
she’ll get there. the human urge to mimic what others do will “fix her grip” in good time. right now, this grip is her way. mind your own grip.
Get her kiddie drops. She’s obviously a roadie. 🚴♂️
Get some bar ends.
Get her drop bars
I do the same thing on long rides, it helps my wrists from hurting. Also she’s an infant
i hold my handlebars the same way and im an avid long distance cyclist… eventually ill buy a set of handlebars that is built to be gripped this way, but w my flat bars (same as your daughter has) i have to hold it this way or my hands go numb lol.
You don’t. Let her have fun.
Try some Jones bars
Learn balance and turns now. Offer different bars and she’ll figure it out. Just encourage the ride.
Please make sure the bar ends are plugged properly, if she falls it will act like an apple corer.
Give her a tennis racket or stick and get her hitting things right before getting on the bike. Do this three or four times and try to encourage her to use the same grip as soon as she gets on the bike. Having her sit on the bike and wobble the bars from side to side with one hand might help get the muscle memory set too.
If it’s not causing issues just wait, bigger hands means easier grip on a wider bar.
Duct tape. Lots of duct tape. But you knew that.
Maybe get her on some drops? Ideally with hydraulic discs.
Don’t. Get her bar ends for that strider!
That is the cutest thing I have seen tonight. Let her do her thing. She will figure out one way or another. She doesn’t have brakes to worry about. So she is fine for now.
Tell her to imagine she’s gripping it the same whah she would hold a beer bottle.
Hand position will take care of itself if she rides enough ie: if the un-fun parent doesn’t keep bugging her. At least you got her to wear a helmet. I’d be more worried about those Crocs.
She’ll eventually learn it by watching the other kids. Peer pressure is powerful stuff.
Saddle too high.
Hah she’ll figure it out on her own. She probably will not listen to your advice on this. Source: have toddler daughter.
My 2 year old nephew has a hard time with his spoons. I think she’s pretty advanced
Buy streamers that go on the end of the handlebars. She won’t hold on then because they won’t move about in the wind
I had the same problem. You need to embed some small knives into the ends of the bars so she can’t hold there. She’ll build up some scar tissue if she is really stubborn but it usually works.
Neutral grip is more more natural for most people. You should be proud, you’ve obviously got a born and bred roadie there. Kids are super adaptable, She’ll naturally adapt to the controls of whatever bike she’s riding, don’t worry.
Oven mitts and duct tape.
Professional bike fit
My daughter insisted on doing this for a long time. You can’t tell them it’s wrong they have to figure it out. She and I love riding since she was 5.
Do you need to?