Difficulty learning to ride

[Black Sheep]

20 inch sounds a large frame to me

I'm 6ft and my mountain bike is an 18 inch frame (with a fair bit of seat post stuck out I'll admit, I think my road bike works out at a 21 inch frame with just enough seat post for a light to be attached to.


is there any way the seat will go down until your feet are nearly flat on the floor? I think confidence may be improved by knowing you can get your feet down

 

[joolsybools]

Try contacting your local authority (council) as many of them offer a free or very cheap subsidised lesson with a professional instructor. It's better to learn with someone to help that knows what they are doing rather than get frustrated on your own

 

[Cyclopathic]

Get your grandad to hold on to the back to steady you as you get more used to pedaling and balancing. This is how I learned, however I did fall off the first time I looked back and found that he had let go a few yards behind. After that it got easier.