Glide Bikes Teaches Kids to Ride without Training Wheels at Family Fun Day

WILMINGTON, N.C. - Oct. 30, 2013 - PRLog -- WINNABOW, North Carolina (October 30th, 2013) - Glide Bikes, a balance bike company based in Wilmington, NC, is dedicated to helping kids discover the joys of biking at a young age. When Glide Bikes founder and CEO, Ed Mondello, discovered the Family Fun Day event being put on by Cape Fear SORBA (Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association) he jumped at the opportunity to take part in offering the community more outlets for learning to bike. The idea behind this event is to get kids and families used to keeping active and enjoying the outdoors. Making activities like biking non-intimidating by providing guides and instructors who are prepared to set you up with the right equipment and walk you through the process allows for individuals of all experience levels to jump right in.

On October 19th the Glide Bikes team came out to Brunswick Nature Park to set up the balance bike station for the day. In addition to providing helmets and Glide Bikes of varying sizes for children to use, they also built a pump track area for kids to race on. The track was equipped with obstacles and areas to challenge and excite the beginning cyclists.

After everything had been set up the families slowly started to arrive. The kids were fitted with the right sized helmets and then proceeded to the Glide Bikes station where there was an array of colors and sizes to choose from. Some were nervous to try out the strange bikes with no pedals, while others seemed like professionals, taking to the track as naturals. Regardless of the experience level, all the children were able to experience an exciting and easy way to learn to bike while having fun and getting outside.