Skiing in Tahoe

Jessie survives without her training wheels

Jessie really wanted to learn to bike without training wheels. I was more than happy to accommodate that request - so off with the training wheels. I took the pedals off too so that she can learn to balance while pushing off with her feet without smashing her shins and calves into the pedals.

Eventually, she got the balancing part down. She agreed to have the pedals put back on. This unfortunately meant back-breaking work for me to steady her from behind while running after her at a pretty fast clip.

All of sudden, it seemed, something clicked, she started pedaling faster, and off she went biking by herself. The transition was much less painful than I had expected.