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I can't ride a bike. How fast can Mike Boyd teach me?

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What it is

Tom Scott, who never learned to ride a bike, gets lessons from Mike Boyd, a YouTuber known for learning skills quickly. The video follows an adult's attempt to learn cycling in a short time.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it as the go-to example of an adult learning to ride a bike, mostly in threads about learning cycling later in life.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “There are a number of niche videos on the topic of learn-to-bike that emphasizes the pedal-less balance method”

    Teaches bike riding via the pedal-less balance method.

    nayuki, 2025-01 · Recommendation · in “Take the pedals off the bike”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: cycling, adult learning, tom scott, skill acquisition

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