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Yes, I saw it and was impressed...
...but then noticed that they did it on trailer bikes. I don't want to be "that person", but we all know that there's a big difference between a child cycling solo and one that cycles it on a trailer bike. I mean, hell, there's a big difference between doing it solo or doing it in a group! I'm going to be brutal and say that it doesn't count, or, at least, is a category of its own for assisted riders. This lad was going for the record at age 12 and, honestly, I think this is more impressive than a 4yo on a trailer bike.
Sorry for being an old misery guts and well done to the family for completing the ride regardless - a great achievement, however you do it!
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...I don’t want to be “that person”....
I think you might have managed to be though.
Trailer or not it's very impressive for a four year old, I have no doubt neither of my kids would even consider the idea of letting me tow them from one end of the country to the other...
It sounds like a great expedition for the kids, but why not just enjoy it privately as a cycling holiday? I think publicising it as a "record" with a four year old is a bit dubious. At four years old you are just having fun on your bike, and the idea of setting records is all about the parents. Someone is probably already putting a three year old on a training programme for next year...
Some folk will do anything for Facebook likes.....
I hear he’s got an entry for Strathpuffer 2019
What a load of utter crap. So two adults have done lejog with kids as cargo. Amazeballs. Next they'll be telling us about this amazing prodigy that can ride a bicycle aged 18 months (with stabilisers)
Just to be clear, it's the reporting I have an issue with. If the parents want to take the kids cycling then go ahead. Just don't write it up as something it isn't.
Time to pop the 10wk old grandson in a trailer?
That person, is in fact, those people it seems.
I agree with daern, they were towed all the way, interspersed with social media limelight hogging posts about how all drivers are dicks etc etc etc.
agree not a record bit pretty impressive how they kept their kids restrained for that long. some sort of child cruelty?
maximum I can do with my 3yr old is about an hour and that's with a run around like a crazy thing break half way
Perhaps they were just bored out of their little minds and just decided to hang on.
I actually saw them all while I was out on a ride, made a massive point of waving and saying hello really quite loudly. Kids looked bored
I think you might have managed to be though.
Trailer or not it’s very impressive for a four year old, I have no doubt neither of my kids would even consider the idea of letting me tow them from one end of the country to the other…
Yeah, I know :-/
My point was that by claiming a "youngest rider" record for a trailer bike, are they not denying a young, solo cyclist of a their own record, achieved under their own steam?
To be honest, I don't have a problem with people taking kids on adventures or giving them cool experiences (my 9yo son and I rode 250 miles from Newcastle to Edinburgh over the summer and had a great time), but trying to convince people that they've done something they haven't - well, I'm afraid I consider it a bit of a disservice to the kids and disrespectful to those that have done it under their own steam.
My son and I were thinking about doing LEJOG next year as I don't think many younger kids have done it. And he'll ride properly, on his own bike...and I'll force him to do at least 75% of it in the wind too, so he gets the full, miserable experience 🙂