The LEARN

**VasalineWarrior** · 14th May 2006, 20:51

Hehhe you all sound so compentent like riding came natural.
I borrowed a friends bike and went straight into the side of his house. Spat the gravel out and got back on. Since then its been a constant battle not to repeat that first experience, and ive managed to substitute the house for running into other things instead.

**Indiana_Jones** · 14th May 2006, 20:57

I got my old man to teach me

-Indy

**Quartida** · 14th May 2006, 23:17

Originally Posted by VasalineWarrior

I borrowed a friends bike and went straight into the side of his house.

Haha, see that's what I'm scared of

"So here's the clutch, and here's the accelerator. Gears are on your right, down once for first. Got that?"

"Um, which one's the brake again?"

"Don't worry, you'll be f-"

And then I will go into the house.

I can visualise it so clearly

**Ixion** · 14th May 2006, 23:25

I knew a chap tried learning to ride in his back yard.

He rode straight through the side of their garage (his parents' garage). One of those fibrolite ones. Just kept on going, didn't swerve, didn't brake. We were all yelling at him to brake. We thought he would ride round in a circle, but he just went straight.

The fibrolite just shattered and he went straight through and hit his father's car parked in the gargage.

Lucky that the garage was jerry built, with no dwangs, or he have done himself a mischief. He wasn't hurt at all, which is more than could be said for the garage or the car.

It;s a good idea to know where the brake is and how to use it

**Quartida** · 14th May 2006, 23:32

Originally Posted by Ixion

It;s a good idea to know where the brake is and how to use it

Of perhaps in this case, the handlebars at least.

**mikey** · 16th May 2006, 10:38

Originally Posted by placidfemme

Personally I'd advise getting real lessons... however, I had two friends start to teach me to ride... the first time I nearly crashed into a tree... the second time I got the bike going and had major issues trying to stop...

thats casue your a stupid little lesbian that an "didn't play with barbies when you were a kid".

best way to learn is to get on a bike, an go ride it. not spend hours thinking about it an going on the net asking for pointers, (duh, left is a clutch right is brake an throttle, dont worry about indicators, there a flase sense of security
) its not rocket science. 5 yr olds can do it. just get on an ride, i na car park if your scared of the road an cars

don't see what the problem is, with this mumbo jumbo mummy didnt breast feed me, need someone to teach me to ride a bike (cheers gormsby)

**XP@** · 16th May 2006, 11:16

According to the HURT report, an old but in depth study in to bike crashes, you are a lot more likely to fall off if you were taught by friends and family as opposed to a qualified instructor.

The motorcycle riders involved in accidents are essentially without training; 92% were self-taught or learned from family or friends. Motorcycle rider training experience reduces accident involvement and is related to reduced injuries in the event of accidents.

http://www.clarity.net/~adam/hurt-report.html

Aff-man, be a man and pay for some training for her :-)

**buellbabe** · 16th May 2006, 12:13

My 1st bike was a trail bike, my mate showed me the basics and the rest was up to me. Mistakes made in the dirt didn't hurt that bad...(personally i recommend riding off-road first if ya can...) Anyway I survived... and by the time I progressed to road bikes I was a fairly competent rider and now with many years experience would even call myself a very competent rider (altho I concede that there is always room for improvement...every ride is a learning experience eh!).
I agree with what others have said re: learn the basics from yr b/friend ie: where the controls are and what they do then get some professional lessons. They will really help with the confidence and you will learn some really valuable skills.
Oh yeah and don't forget to ENJOY!

**kiwifruit** · 16th May 2006, 12:17

taught 2 people to ride on the weekend
paddock + sub 1000 dollar bike = minta
bike was dropped a couple of times, no probs....

Edit; for some reason the pics arent loading :\

http://i1.tinypic.com/zumnb4.jpg
http://i3.tinypic.com/zums7k.jpg

**mstriumph** · 16th May 2006, 12:27

i learnt by falling off

and running into things

a lot

it probaly took longer than it should have .... 'cause it was - erm - fun

**aff-man** · 16th May 2006, 17:05

Originally Posted by XP@

Aff-man, be a man and pay for some training for her :-)

Dude I'm a broke ass student... and she is not far off. Has enough for a bike but that's about it.

It'll be up to her in the end but i'm easy either way