Any adults on here never learned to ride a bike?

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    #1 fired, May 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
    Free lessons to get you started… never too late!
    Shaw Lane Sports Club.
    Adults can bring kids along to learn also, but the focus of this particular programme is adults. Equipment provided.

    http://www.activebarnsley.com/content.asp?id=10
     
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    #2 Redhelen, May 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
    That's a good idea @fired
     
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    #3 fired, May 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
    Wish I could lay claim to it …. i just sorted the funding for it.
     
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    #4 redrum, May 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
    Surely can't be many adults who can't ride a bike.
     
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    #5 JamDrop, May 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
    My mam can’t. She also wouldn’t go along to this but it’s great for anyone who wants to learn.
     
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    #6 Tyketical Masterstroke, May 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
    Yeah me, happy to say i can't. A mode of transportation designed solely for gimps.
     
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    #7 redrum, May 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM

    Fair enough never off mine as a kid don't get out much anymore but once you can ride one you don't forget.
     
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    #8 fired, May 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
    Alot of families on low income have previously accessed similar schemes to enable them to travel to/ from work where other transport was prohibitive due to cost.
    You’d be amazed how many adults in general can’t swim or ride a bike.
     
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    #9 Stephen Dawson, May 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
    I've ridden a few. Still paying for one of em'. Thought it was top of the range at the time too. Got a good rewarding workout though.
     
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    #10 redrum, May 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM

    Haha
     
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    #11 Abruzzo Red, May 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
    Hopefully not at the same time :D
     
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    #12 Stephen Dawson, May 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
    You'd be amazed at the number of swimmers I've shot into space.
     
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    #13 Tilertoes, May 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
    Wow, missing out on bmxing is missing out on life. Super tuff burner. The best
     
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    #14 JamDrop, May 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
    Are you ‘still paying for one of these ‘bikes’’ or are you paying money towards raising your child?
     
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    #15 Abruzzo Red, May 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
    I can only imagine, thankfully :rolleyes:
     
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    #16 Jay, May 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
    I've known for years you can't ride a bike and it blows my mind. It's like not being able to open a door, tie your shoe laces, or button your trousers.

    I've got a freaky, genuinely weird memory. I can clearly remember the day I learnt to ride a bike. I got a bike for Christmas when I was 4 years old. A beautiful yellow Raleigh Boxer. My sister and I crept down stairs to look at our presents under the tree after mum and dad went to bed on Christmas Eve night. There it was, shining like a star, leant against the sofa. And I learnt to ride it that day. Me dad took me up to the rec, I got on my new bike and I rode it. Because learning to ride a bike is like learning to sit down. It's impossible not to to be able to do it. I'm sort of in awe of you that you can't. It's like never having learnt how to eat a sandwich.
     
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    #17 Stephen Dawson, May 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
    No before she binned me. She convinced me to take out a loan for £8000 that I'm paying off until December 2027. She also didn't want to go through CSA and told me to pay her £300 maintenance and she'd pay back £50 towards the loan overwise I wouldn't see George. I declined and went through the CSA. I pay £195.50 a month plus petrol to her mother.
     
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    #18 YT, May 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
    I can still remember my first bike, Christmas 1986, snow outside, and falling off numerous times. I can genuinely remember it like it was yesterday. I can see the faces around me, feel the cold, I remember the clothes I had on. So weird that it’s such a vivid memory.

    This evening I left the oven on after dinner.
     
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    #19 SuperTyke, May 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
    At least you didn't leave the oven on and forget to put anything in it
     
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    #20 tosh, May 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
    I cant and I wouldnt wish to
     
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