Last summer, Gabriël got to ride a two-wheeled bicycle for the first time, and he actually learned it within about 10 minutes. He only got to ride it for 2 days though, as the rest of our holiday was filled with rain, resulting in a really soggy camping field, not fit for riding a bike.
For some time now I had promised him a bike of his own, and last week we finally got one, so yesterday we went out to practice…
After just a little bit of holding him, he got the hang of it again, so here’s the pictures 
Finding the right position to start…
It works!
Guess who got the blame for this one?
After that first round, he also learned how to brake, as well as to avoid making sharp bends in sandy spots
A special moment captured on camera to make his Mother proud, and then a special moment of humiliation in painstakingly-assembled, frame-by-frame action-shot detail to bring out at a future wedding reception or for when he first brings a future girlfriend around for dinner. Nice!
It isn’t the right weather at the moment but the “don’t brake on black-ice going downhill at 40km/h” lesson is another one worth remembering. Well, I keep forgetting it :/ Ah, just remembered — no hills there!
Nice shots, what a moment to catch him
It’s been a fwe weeks now, so I think he already rides his bikes like he’s never done before.
@ Andrew – not many hills here, but we do live next to a river, so there are several slopes to get up and down the dykes (cycle paths mostly) which should be avoided with brake-less bikes. (experienced expert talking here, although not comparable to your adventure[1]
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@ Lieke – just a matter of filming till they fall
Yes, he’s doing much better now – even cycled next to me on the road a bit.
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[1] Hope you don’t mind, but to anyone not knowing what lesson you keep forgetting, here’s a link to that hazardous event on Andrew’s blog: http://andrewu.co.uk/blog/comment/?slip_up