Originally Posted by
HardyWeinberg
If it's anything like my experience, the answer is 'never'. My 7 yr old is quite content to coast on the trail-a-bike. He always leaves his own bike in the lowest gear and maintains a zippy cadence when he's riding himself (albeit topping around 7mph), but on the t-a-b he keeps it on the top gear and turns the crank like twice per minute. He says he gets better exercise that way and still gets places faster.
My 5 year old does the same thing on our trail-a-bike.
Every once in a while I can convince him to pedal when we want to see how fast both of us can go.
Last Sunday we were riding past a retail store. I looked over and caught his reflection in the window.
The little boy was leaning forward resting his head on the handlebars.
