Great article, and completely agree with the comment above that its these types of articles which embrace the real and humanistic side of life and mountain biking that make NSMB my favourite site. Also totally agree with not pushing your kids to do this and that the time flies by. I have a 12 yo and a 14 yo. Both actually quite naturally talented riders. Unfortunately my 14 yo shattered his liver dirt jumping 2 years ago and both boys have been out off mountain biking since. The younger one will still occasionally go with me, but the older one not. However both still bike commute to school so I count that as a win. He seems like he might be interested in road riding so now that he’s nearly my height I think I will give him my old commuting road bike and take home out. Maybe he’ll grow to like gravel?
May 19, 2023, 8:04 a.m. - Moritz Haager
Great article, and completely agree with the comment above that its these types of articles which embrace the real and humanistic side of life and mountain biking that make NSMB my favourite site. Also totally agree with not pushing your kids to do this and that the time flies by. I have a 12 yo and a 14 yo. Both actually quite naturally talented riders. Unfortunately my 14 yo shattered his liver dirt jumping 2 years ago and both boys have been out off mountain biking since. The younger one will still occasionally go with me, but the older one not. However both still bike commute to school so I count that as a win. He seems like he might be interested in road riding so now that he’s nearly my height I think I will give him my old commuting road bike and take home out. Maybe he’ll grow to like gravel?