Bike were always a big part of life for our kids. Started them in the bike trailer, then ghetto run-bikes (kid's bike with the cranks removed), then trail-a-bike. Older kid fell in love with mountain biking and started riding real trails with me when he was around 8 years old. It didn't take him long to get better than me on the downhills but I could still smoke him on the climbs. I think he was around 14 when he put his hand on my back to push me up the road on Fromme. I definitely wasn't ready for that and it was a great motivator to climb faster! I vaguely remember doing many dawn-patrol and night-rides to get a ride in when the kids were small. Bikes are awesome, kids are awesome, and kids on bikes are the best.
May 19, 2023, 12:04 p.m. - Skooks
Bike were always a big part of life for our kids. Started them in the bike trailer, then ghetto run-bikes (kid's bike with the cranks removed), then trail-a-bike. Older kid fell in love with mountain biking and started riding real trails with me when he was around 8 years old. It didn't take him long to get better than me on the downhills but I could still smoke him on the climbs. I think he was around 14 when he put his hand on my back to push me up the road on Fromme. I definitely wasn't ready for that and it was a great motivator to climb faster! I vaguely remember doing many dawn-patrol and night-rides to get a ride in when the kids were small. Bikes are awesome, kids are awesome, and kids on bikes are the best.