Balance Bikes... I am also curious

Do Balance Bikes Help a Child to Learn to Ride a Bike?
in The Wall Street Journal Online
http://blogs.wsj.com

funny... this is the article I wanted to write... the author asks the question
Juggle readers, if you have kids, how and when did you teach your children to ride? Do you think balance bikes could help? When did you learn to ride a bike?

the other day I saw a parent with a young toddler... too young for either
they were in a bike shop
the dad was clearly a cyclist
and well... they looked like they were about to prematurely buy the balance bike
when the child may have done better on a trike
or the stable two wheeler with training wheels