[Closed] Kids are awesome

Digging the full enduro padded up look 😉

Gnar!

Too many cut knees so Mum put her foot down!

Yes, yes they are.

Despite the volume of poo and wee I've had to deal with this weekend my 7 year old managed the 20km round trip to the yard and back yesterday. She binned it on the gravel at the entrance to the yard, cried then got up, did her jobs and still pedaled home.

Trooper 😀  It's also worth noting that she's normally soft as anything so this was a massive improvement/surprise!

Kids on bikes are automatically cool IMHO, there's something about the mix of glee and determination.

The dry weather's meant plenty of opportunities for the nippers to get out, it's been great fun.

Kids on bikes rock! 8)

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It will not be long until this happens... Then the smile becomes a concerned grimace...

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My wife and I spent yesterday afternoon in our office carpark getting one of my colleagues started on her bike (C2W scheme 2 years ago, and never been ridden) - she's in her 40s but didn't learn to ride as a child ("we had a driver, why would I ride a bike?").  I wish I'd had a pedal spanner on me to remove her pedals, but I got her scooting around the carpark for a bit - up to about 3 metres of coasting.  As a reward I took her for a spin on our tandem, and she wants one (and a partner to pilot it!).

bit of a sweeping generalisation that, some are little shits

Kids = awesome

Ditto balance bikes.

Whish I'd known about them when my daughter was little.  She and son had their first proper ride on the same day despite an age gap of 4 years. He had a balance bike, she did not.

bit of a sweeping generalisation that, some are little shits

Just wait until they get to 13.

All* teenagers are idiots.

(*obviously not all, something like 98.45%)

Haha, I’ll keep mine as ‘kids’ for as long as possible then!

Mine were mastering no-handed flossing while riding by the river in York this weekend. I think I'll keep them as kids for a bit longer yet... 🙂

As to teenagers - after the intro lesson for my colleague, my 18yr old son announced at 8pm that he was going for a ride - "why not try the tandem" I asked (we've had it for a year and that's always been a flat "no") - "you serious?  OK".

Once he stopped giggling, and a mile from home, I asked him to pilot us back; he loved it.

He still needed to go out himself, as he uses time riding paths around us as 'headspace', but it was a very smiley moment.

Just wait until they get to 13.

All* teenagers are idiots.

(*obviously not all, something like 98.45%)

You almost beat me to it, but I need to modify that slightly as well.

My kids are teen and tweenagers (not teenage by year of birth, very much by attitude) and i can comfortably say they are both awesome and little ****s. The flip between states is the crux; can be a look out of place, a wrong word..... and it's instant and long lasting.

Brilliant. There's so much fun ahead!

I totally agree with @mattoutandabout. Now I tend to check out technical bits of trailwith my son (8), maybe help him pick lines, then close my eyes as he rides it, much less stressful!

My lad (just turned 2) has been on a balance bike for about 4 months. He rode his first trails on Friday at the Endura lifecycle trust. Was doing great till he lost it on a dusty berm. He just got back up and rode away. Excellent stuff!

My daughter got properly bucked off on Saturday after losing her wheel down a hole (I don’t know why it’s there, there’s a load of random ones dotted on an otherwise pristine run of downland grass) - I almost had a similar fate some years back on my BMX (same size wheels) and got away with it because the holes weren’t so deep then.

We’d cycled through to a party and were almost back home after a long and busy day, and she’d pedalled about 6 miles and 600’ of climbing in total.

She was still crying when she got back on her bike and said “can we go to the bumpy bit?” aka the old grit pitch with some little jumps and berms in it. And once there I was bossed back onto my bike to ride around with her instead of taking photos.

Amazed that she’s got the hang of gears too, she’s not 5 1/2 yet! Meanwhile her little brother (3 this month) has wholeheartedly embraced pulling skids since I set up the brake on his balance bike.

They’re a very good reason for me to slow down a bit, flow more and crash less, so I can continue having fun with them!

They are but grow up two quick so make the most of it.

Just left our daughter in Austria on Sunday with her mates, they were going to have a chill out spa day on Monday after a weekend competing. Got a message last night to say they had a change of minds and were now in the Dolomite's to do some exploring.

Abigale age 6 on her first Alps trip

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This weekend

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Awesome!

Top work peeps.  Kids and bikes are indeed a most awesome pairing.

Speaking of balance bikes, I was having a clear out on Sunday and it was agreed all round that monkey jnr's first bike - a Spesh HotWalk - will be hoarded forever.  In fact, it would be framed if possible.  His other bikes with come and go - currently has 4 - but his balance bike will always remain in our possession.  Far too many epic memories of smiles, giggles et al.