Gyro wheels are very expensive. My 8 year old just learnt to ride her bike. She attended freedom from training wheels workshop of the San Francisco bicycle coalition. They took off the training wheels and the pedals and lowered her seat so that her feet were flat on the ground. Then they had her scoot around. Soon she started lifting her feet up and a little back and realized that she could balance. Then we put the pedals back and ran with her holding her shoulders for a really long distance. When we let go she could balance.

www.blackbirdbikes.com. They are called quadrabent bikes. We finally got on my son's waiver program. They purchased the bike for him...another person I know had a benefit for their child to get the bike. A quadrabent bike is two bikes put together side by side.

this was difficult for my son too. We would practice on the sidewalk all of the time. One day we took his bike with us to a party. There was an large open parking lot. To our surprise he got on his bike and started riding it...no training wheels or help at all! Wow we were so happy and stunned at the same time. I think the sidewalk's boundaries were too limiting. Try taking him out to a wide area space like we did. There's also something called a 'balance buddy' i think. It attaches to the back of the bike so you can help them til they learn on their own.

I used the same methods of teaching that I did with my other two children. yes, the training wheels were on until age 9, but it was so worth it. My son is a very confindent bike rider now. It just took alot of time and lots of encouragement!

My niece rides one of those bikes that are connected to her mom's bike. They ride together. My son took a long time to learn too. We had to get those really heavy training wheels that did not bend. Eventually he got up the nerve and did it on his own. Every year he tries something new with his bike. We also do Xbox games and feel this helped him a bit. Sounds weird I know but anything that helps him we try. Now we have xbox360 with connect and that is great!