12 years old and 67 miles!!

[Cathryn]

Pleas forgive me this very self-indulgent post but I’m bursting with pride! My 12 year old son is cycling through France with us, 600 miles from Calais to Annecy and then Geneva! Today he cycled 67 miles! Effortlessly! Without moaning at all. He’s done 2 100km days so far as well!!

It feels like we’ve grown our own little cycling buddy…and our own support wagon! He’s so much stronger than we are, we’ve given him extra baggage to slow him down! It’s not working 🤣

 

[classic33]

Can you convert your bike into a tagalong?
That'll slow him down.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Pleas forgive me this very self-indulgent post but I’m bursting with pride! My 12 year old son is cycling through France with us, 600 miles from Calais to Annecy and then Geneva! Today he cycled 67 miles! Effortlessly! Without moaning at all. He’s done 2 100km days so far as well!!

It feels like we’ve grown our own little cycling buddy…and our own support wagon! He’s so much stronger than we are, we’ve given him extra baggage to slow him down! It’s not working 🤣

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Excellent work, that man! The town sign suggests a Pogacar in the making!

 

[Cathryn]

Can you convert your bike into a tagalong?
That'll slow him down.

With him at the front??

 

[Cathryn]

Excellent work, that man! The town sign suggests a Pogacar in the making!

He loves Pog so the sign (Pogny with a little careful head positioning) was perfect!

 

[Hebe]

Wow, that’s fantastic!

 

[BoldonLad]

Pleas forgive me this very self-indulgent post but I’m bursting with pride! My 12 year old son is cycling through France with us, 600 miles from Calais to Annecy and then Geneva! Today he cycled 67 miles! Effortlessly! Without moaning at all. He’s done 2 100km days so far as well!!

It feels like we’ve grown our own little cycling buddy…and our own support wagon! He’s so much stronger than we are, we’ve given him extra baggage to slow him down! It’s not working 🤣

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Well done young man!

 

[Andy in Germany]

Excellent stuff; well done.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

@Cathryn what is your son's name?
Has he seen this thread?
Well done, young man, from the Cycle Chat collective!

Today he cycled 67 miles! Effortlessly! Without moaning at all. He’s done 2 100km days so far as well!!

I don't think I could do that without a bit of moaning, actually, I know I couldn't

 

[classic33]

With him at the front??

If you're on the tagalong, it means him up front.

 

[Cathryn]

@Cathryn what is your son's name?
Has he seen this thread?
Well done, young man, from the Cycle Chat collective!

Thank you! His name is Arthur - I haven’t shown him but I will in the morning!

 

[ianrauk]

Jolly well done

 

[gavroche]

I have very good reasons to be proud of your son. This is a fantastic achievement and he maybe a future TdF winner. That would be woncerful.
Well done Arthur and keep encouraging him.
By the way, Annecy is a very good place for cycling. Beautiful part of the country.

 

[kayakerles]

Super bravo to Arthur! I hope to someday be able to ride as many miles in one ride as he can. But I doubt I will achieve that! He is already a superstar in my mind. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

 

[Sterlo]

I'm hoping I can do 12 miles when I'm 67