Great post @Jonathan always enjoy your posts with Simon riding on your insta.
Our five year old has been a late starter with riding and me not wanting to be the Uncle Rico type have just let him do things at his own pace. He now loves riding his 16" pedal bike but have the next hurdle of getting him off trainer wheels which he’d pretty reluctant to do. Taking them off and giving him the bike just results in him flat out refusing to get on it. Any tips on that transition from anyone would be great!
Our two year old is now starting out on the balance bike, a Specialized Hotwalk. To be honest we battled with his older brother and now him with the fact that it has the steps for their feet, as soon as they figure this out they just want to put the feet up and have me push them round which isn’t really helping them learn anything. The steering stiffens comment you made is something I hadn’t thought of, and may try adding a bit of tension to the lock nut to stiffen things up, as I can see how having the bars so easy to turn probably doesn’t make it super stable for them.
Looking forward to the future when I can get them both down to the Rotorua trails and shredding!