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Personal Narrative: How To Ride A Bike Without Training Wheels

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Personal Narrative: How To Ride A Bike Without Training Wheels
Do you know how to ride a bike without training wheels? If so do you remember the time you learned how? I remember my first time. It was when I was five years old at my grandparents house. The first thing that my grandparents did, after they took the training wheels off, was explain to me that you have to balance, so that you don't fall off. They also explained that once you get going faster it becomes easier to balance. Next my grandad lifted me up, and put me on the bike so that I could try to balance. Surprisingly, I did very well, and I stayed on for ten seconds before falling off and scraping my left knee. The next time I did a little better, but still ended up scraping my right knee. After that I wanted to quit, but they

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