Re: Disc brake maintenance tips

On Sun, 23 Jun 2024 22:17:09 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
 

On 6/23/2024 9:11 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:

On Sun, 23 Jun 2024 04:48:01 -0400, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>

The only thing one can do to "teach" a kid to ride a bicycle is to
hold the bike upright until the kid learns to counter the lean by
steering into it. In my opinion, that proceedure most always comes via
trial and error. The parent holding the bike upright is insignificant
in the process.

>
No insignificant at all.   A parent holding the bike significantly
delays the acqusition of skill.

>
Exactly. Ditto for training wheels.

 I disagree. Both my kids leaned with training wheels, although after
the initial ride, the wheels were raised enough to keep them from
falling on the road. A couple of rides like that and the training
wheels were no longer needed and were taken off. Both my kids were
riding all by themselves (no training wheels) in an hour or two.
 

But you are talking about learning how to balance, and I'm talking
about learning how to ride.

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One introductory slide I've seen used in a cycling class said "Balancing
ain't biking."

 <eyeroll> Foolish nonsense for foolish people.  Anyone who wouldn't
get up and walk out of the classs after seeing that is a fool.
 

But as we see here, some seem to think that's all there
is to learn.

 <sigh> Another Krygowski strawman.
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