And I was there! I set him up on the wife MTB at a seldom used paved path. He was scooting around, one foot on the ground one on a pedal. I said try pedaling and he rode away!..And back,… I was horrified as he wizzed by me at about 15 mph after a few minutes…(kept my mouth shut*)
Later he hooked the handle bar on a railing on a foot bridge and got his first bike related road rash. Bike gloves and helmet protected his hands and coconut but his knee has a big red badge. He got right back on a rode for another 20 minutes.
Similar but different I looked over and saw my daughter pedaling and steering her tricycle, usually one of us is there encouraging her but this time she was all alone. I was pretty amped.