Two Wheeler
Last time I asked when you learned to drive a car. When I was camping I thought about the time I learned to ride a bike. I was probably about 10 or 11 and I was terrified of falling off a bike. I remember sitting on the bike for hours trying to perfectly balance myself with out tipping over. I thought in my head that if I was able to balance myself before I tried the peddles, then the rest would be easy. Boy was I wrong. Eventually, my Dad said “why don’t you try to peddling”. I thought… sure, why not. Balancing wasn’t getting me anywhere fast. Well, once I tried to peddle, I was off with no issues and I felt pretty stupid for not trying that sooner. It’s been over 15 years since I’ve ridden a bike but Wife suggested we get some so we can all go for rides. They say once you learn, you never forget. I guess we’ll soon see.
When did you learn to ride a bike?
Play Asia
August 6th, 2012 at 1:19 am
It’s true, you never really forget the knack of riding a bicycle once you learn how to do it. Like walking or talking.
Hmm, as for the question of When I got my first bike, I can’t even remember… maybe about 6 or 7?
August 6th, 2012 at 6:51 am
I can’t remember when learned to ride a bike. I want to say that it was some time around kindergarden, since I have a vague memory of riding a bike to that school (it was only a couple of blocks away). I know that I was riding pretty young, though. In fact, it is something that I have always kinda taken for granted. I remember having a good friend in high school who didn’t know how to ride a bike. I was totally shocked by this. Everyone (as far as I could tell) where I grew up could ride a bike. If you couldn’t, then you were stuck in your house (there was no public transpo available).
Speaking of bikes…. I actually won one when I was in middle school. A local candy store/arcade had a tournament in which first prize was some amount of money and second prize was a 10 speed bike. The challenge was to play each of the games in the store (classics like Centipede, Arkanoid, Star Castle, etc…) and get the most points possible.** I actually got the most points, but it was totally based on a fluke. The Battlezone machine glitched (we think) while I was playing it, and I was given a ridiculous number of points (it’s possible that I scored that many, but highly unlikely). I was accused of cheating (which I did not, I have no idea how to cheat a Battlezone, or any other, cabinet), but since no one could prove it, they decided to award me second place to reward the most skilled player. Looking back, I feel kinda bad for accepting the prize, but I was a stupid kid at the time. I did get a lot of use out of that bike.
**Now that I think about it, this is a horrible way to have a competition, since points may differ greatly from one game to the next. If you happen to be really good at a game that doesn’t give out many points, then you have a huge disadvantage against people who are better on a machine that hands out more points. Maybe the tournament organizers balanced the points…. I don’t know, and didn’t care about it at the time.
August 7th, 2012 at 1:46 am
Until about 2 years ago, I hadn’t been on a bike since I was a teenager. I had relied on a car or my own two feet to get around. When I got a bike again I felt it would be easy. Let me tell you, you may never forget how to ride a bike, but your body forgets, especially certain muscles you haven’t worked in a while. After a short ride, I was out of breath and my legs ached and felt like jello when I stood. Too much sitting in front of the computer will make you weak.