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Training Wheels For Adults

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Don’t laugh, there is some real potential for adult training wheels. Stabilizer Wheels, who produce an adult training wheel kit which attaches a pair of 16″ wheels alongside the rear wheel of any standard mountain or road bike, says their training wheels for adults can help get more people on bikes including stroke patients, those with mental or physical handicaps, the elderly, or anyone who is just plain afraid of falling over.

The training wheels attach directly to the rear triangle of the frame, giving the rider a nice, stable ride, almost impossible to tip over. Stabilizer Wheels will fit on most any standard mountain, road, or hybrid bike with wheels from 24″-27″ and are removable just like any other training wheel, but these can hold up to 500 lbs.

The kit can be ordered directly from Stabilizer on their website here for $199.

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Hugh Jass
Hugh Jass
14 years ago

Training wheels are a terrible way to learn how to ride a bike. Better to remove the cranks and lower the seat so that you can push yourself around with your feet while seated.

Travis
Travis
14 years ago

I’ve recommended those wheels to a number of people who suffer from physical issues but want to keep riding. It’s a nice solution for people with mild disabilities who want to keep with an upright bike rather than go to something like a recumbent trike.

topmounter
topmounter
14 years ago

It’s also legal in Wilderness Areas since with four wheels it’s now a quadracycle rather than a bicycle.

Reva
Reva
14 years ago

But when you’re a senior or even an adult with no physical problems except deconditioning, just never been on a bicycle before,do these really make it easier to ride or does the added width and weight make it harder on a bike trail? Plus, do you still lean in turns? if so, won’t one wheel bend or lift up? Looks like it makes a wagon from a bike? Anyone with experience?

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