Comment by vanderZwan

After many failed attempts to teach me to balance on a bike without training wheels, my parents borrowed a kick scooter from an older kid who outgrew hers. Small enough for me to use but with big enough wheels to be a real challenge balance-wise. It was a lot less scary for me, because I could always just step off of it if I lost balance. After I learned to ride that I just drove off the next time they let me try a regular bike. Took me about a month apparently.

Taking the pedals off is effectively almost the same thing, except that you sit instead of stand. Maybe a bit scarier at the start, but also close to the final goal.