Should bicycle stabilizers be equally placed?
If you are going to use stabilisers, then both stabilisers should be just off the ground when the bike is upright. That way, they don’t do anything until the bike tilts. However, I suggest you consider not have stabilisers at all but removing the pedals and lowering the saddle. This is what Richard’s Bicycle Book recommends, and it replicates the development of the bicycle itself. The idea is that the learner can already walk, so what you want them to do is to be able to “walk” astride the bicycle, i.e. sit on the seat and have the balls of both feet on the ground, to use an exaggerated walking movement to get used to balancing the bike and steering, and then add pedals later on. It’s hard to learn to balance, steer and pedal all at the same time. Usually, what you see is children learning to pedal and ignoring the balancing part. My oldest niece tried to learn with stabilisers, trying to learn how to balance and pedal at the same time, and it was really painful to watch, and she gave
