Can you ride a bike?

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I ride my bmx daily if weather permits.
I know of LFA children who ride (with training wheels) yet they still ride!
For those who need help riding a bike, i suggest to get one of the 3 wheel ones so that you have balance in the back. Many even come with a basket.

I've even known a kid with LFA that learned to ride a bike when he was 5, and just after a few minutes he had started doind it he didn't need training wheels anymore. He could ride a bike without training wheels since age 5.
I think it may also depend on how much interest the person has in doing a thing. My mother doesn't have autism, and she has never learned how to ride a bike because she wasn't interested in it.

I remember falling over trying to ride my bike even with training wheels on. I never learned.

I learned to ride a bike when I was around 5-6, been riding it to school and back for 13 years. I still ride it to work .

I'm interested though, I come from a country where a lot of people ride the bike and it's considered to be an important part of your upbringing. I always thought (been told) this was unique to where I come from. How is that with you?

I can ride a bike and I enjoy mountain biking. I can't, however, ride a skateboard very well. Skateboarding was one of my interests as a kid...I was absolutely obsessed with it but, despite three years of insane dedication, I never progressed beyond landing the most basic tricks (ollie, heelflip and kickflips). All of my friends that started at the same time and practiced less, eclipsed my ability in one third the time. Oh well.

Training wheels are an appalling poor way for kids to learn to ride a bike because they don't teach balance or co-ordination. They are completely unnecessary and all they do is waste kids time. When they are taken off the bike feels completely different and it is difficult to transition to riding without them. Balance bikes are much more effective because they enable kids to focus on developing the balance and co-ordination skills at the outset. I learned to ride a bike when I was 13 on a BMX with the cranks removed that functioned as a balance bike. It only took me a few days despite having dyspraxic traits. The reason why I was so late to learn was because I wasn't interested in bikes when I was younger rather than struggling with training wheels for years.

Something I have wondered is whether kids with AS who can't ride bikes are uncommon in countries where balance bikes are used rather than training wheels. A few years ago I found out that about half of all kids at a local AS support group couldn't ride a bike when they were 10 years old. Most had used training wheels but none had tried out a balance bike.

I can't ride a bike without training wheels. My dad tried to teach me how to ride a bike when I was young and I was okay with it with training wheels. Without them, I feel down a lot due my imbalance. I also used to know how to roller-blade okay until I had a growth spurt with my legs and I lose my ability to roller-blade.

I am naturally uncoordinated and finally learned to ride a bike when I was 11. I asked for a bike for my birthday and I received a new white bike. I tried to ride it and my father took the bike from me and returned it and got me a used bike. I wasn't upset about this though it sounds awful when thinking about it. I went out and kept trying and falling and finally mastered it in a couple of weeks. I still have a scar on my elbow from this and I'm 56 now. I did get really competent and comfortable riding eventually. It just took a lot of practice.

I haven't ridden in about 8 years and recently tried and am having a hard time with it. My bike is slightly bigger than I'm used to but I think it is the proper size for me. I know I had a smaller bike before because I felt more secure about catching my balance if I started to fall. I have been working out strengthening my core and arms and legs and think this will help.

I also learned to swim as a small child (much non-pressured repetition) and got comfortable with it by joining a swim team. I was terrible at first and terrified (fast panicky breathing) while swimming in the deep end. At the end I was not coming in last any more and occasionally winning the butterfly races!

But it was a lot of work but very worth it.

I stunt ride motorcycles, I just wish it wasn't so expensive since I can't seem to hold a job.

Haven't done it in years. I'd probably crash into an oncoming car if I tried it, mainly due to my very poor eyesight.

i cant ride a bike at all i fall over or crash into things

I can ride BMX bikes, provided they have stretch frames (the majority do). I am much too short to ride a mountain bike and even the small 20-inch versions feel awkward to steer, yet my knees hit the handlebars on the bikes that look like this (the frame is too compact):

That pic looks like a 16" inch bike or at least the toptube length would be really short across.

BMX bikes are great you can get them with 20" or 24" (cruiser style) tires
Also the toptubes of the bmx bikes vary. Store brands are usually 18 inch toptube
However other brands can be anywhere from 19" to 21" toptube for taller folks

What exactly is a "balance bike"?

I recently learned that I have (probable) inner-ear-related balance issues, which explains a lot. Still, I'd like to try again, even at my age, along with learning to drive (I hope). My town is very big on public transportation and bicycles.

I can but didn't learn until I was almost nine years old, and I can't ride very well. I have no depth perception and run into curbs.

Yes, I can ride a bike. I was taught at 6 or 7 and learned it then.