Mill Valley Testimonial

For the last 6 months, we have been helping our 5-year-old to learn how to ride a bike without training wheels. He had been very comfortable on a balance bike before, but once there were pedals on the bike, he lost his confidence. Each time we took him out, he would get discouraged and want to stop. This summer, we got a “bike buddy” which is a handle that attaches to the bike and allows us to hold onto it while he bikes. He liked this a lot and started to bike almost every day, but wouldn’t allow us to let go. This week, we told him that he would be doing biking at camp. He went to camp both excited and afraid, not knowing whether he would be the only one who couldn’t bike in his group. As it turned out, it was a mix of kids who could and couldn’t bike. By the end of the day, he was biking by himself. Two days later, when the group was supposed to go trail biking, he decided that he was more comfortable biking on the concrete and ended up teaching some of his classmates how to bike. He was so proud of being able to do this. We are really grateful to Avid4 for giving him the confidence to bike on his own.