We have a new group who started to ride a couple week ago. After the first
session one of the riders said he didn’t have anything he could hold onto
to mount on the paved sections near his house so he just worked on
learning to free-mount. At the second session the actual riding came more
quickly for him than the others. He is the first from this group to pass
the level 1 test.
I have often thought that learning to free-mount first might be a better
approach to learning to ride; but I thought it might make the learning
process too frustrating for many potential riders. Any thoughts or
suggestions.
My nephew learned to ride a couple of years ago and learned the freemount
at the same time as how to ride. I left on a ride that morning after
showing him the basics, and when I returned 3 or 4 hours later, he was
freemounting and riding down the street. He didn’t think of mounting as
anything special at all - just the way to get on and start riding. He
never tried it without freemounting as far as I know. He was 15 or 16 and
very strong and athletic then.
—Nathan
“John Hooten” <jhooten@rcsis.com> wrote in message news:3BC5E941.DFE2099C@rcsis.com… > We have a new group who started to ride a couple week ago. After the > first session one of the riders said he didn’t have anything he could > hold onto to mount on the paved sections near his house so he just > worked on learning to free-mount. At the second session the actual > riding came more quickly for him than the others. He is the first from > this group to pass the level 1 test. > > I have often thought that learning to free-mount first might be a better > approach to learning to ride; but I thought it might make the learning > process too frustrating for many potential riders. Any thoughts or > suggestions. > > John Hooten