Is your child ready to learn to ride a pedal bike?

If you're wondering “Is my child ready to learn to ride a pedal bike?”, you're in the right place. It's natural to feel unsure—especially if your child is excited but doesn't quite seem ready.

At Cycle Sprog, we know that learning to ride a bicycle is a thrilling milestone that opens up a world of new adventures. But the real secret is waiting until your child is genuinely ready—physically, emotionally, and mentally—rather than rushing the process.

To help with that, you can take our simple readiness questionnaire that considers physical development, interest, and environment.

If you’d like a full step-by-step approach once your child is ready, be sure to check out our comprehensive guide on how to teach your child to ride a bike for everything from balance and steering to pedalling with confidence.

Just fill in these simple questions about your child, their bike and any relevant cycling experience. We'll then send you an email with our thoughts on whether they're ready to learn and recommended next steps.

Let's get going.....

Hopefully by the power of modern technology an email should be winging it's way to you now.

Usually this takes a couple of minutes, but occasionally it can take between 15 and 30 minutes if there's an overload on the mail server.

If the email doesn't arrive in your inbox do please check your Spam / Junk box (and once you've retrieved it just hitting reply and saying "Hello" can help stop our emails going there again in future")

If the questionnaire shows your child is ready to ride, congratulations—you're in for a wonderful journey! For clear, practical advice on how to teach them step-by-step, head over to our complete guide on how to teach your child to ride a bike. It provides a positive, proven framework for building skills, confidence, and big smiles along the way.

Before you go.....

One of the easiest ways to help your child to learn to ride is to get them really confident on a balance bike before introducing the complexity of pedals. Here's our selection of the best 12" wheel balance bikes for kids up to the age of 3 - 4 years. And here's our pick of larger balance bikes for taller kids through to teens.