How old were you when you learned how to ride a bike? More bluntly, can you ride a bike? I have a handful of friends who can't. One of them is more than 45-years-old and she was laughing and also feeling unaccomplished when she told me of this little secret. Another is a friend who is based in Japan...but she learned, in a matter of 8 days and now she goes to work on her bike. I was 10-years-old when I learned to ride a bike. I had a bruise on my knee...something we kids believed is needed in order to learn...that it's part of learning. Learning and Balancing Imagine my fear when my kids started learning how to ride a bike...my heart would skip whenever I see them almost falling off or ...