Your kids on bikes pics......

[I like Skol]

Someone had fun off roading today

That's not mucky! My 10yr old son got home from the school run dirtier than that one night last week....

 

[Bryony]

That's not mucky! My 10yr old son got home from the school run dirtier than that one night last week....

Haha for her that's mucky I don't think she's allowed to get dirty at home!

 

[I like Skol]

Haha for her that's mucky I don't think she's allowed to get dirty at home!

We don't exactly encourage our children to wallow in the mud either, and I didn't say I was particularly happy about it, but that's boys for you I guess? I don't know where they get it from

 

[BrumJim]

Not on a bike yet, but practising.

Seriously, he is 11 months old, but has been drinking from a bidon for some time now. If given a normal sippy cup he just throws it around by the handle.

He was watching Mum drink from the Bidon, and desperate to give him some water and unable to find a suitable bottle or cup, she gave him a go, and he has been happily taking water from the Bidon when on the move ever since.

 

[Beebo]

We went to Greenwich Park yesterday,
Got the little man out on his balance bike, he's only just getting the hang of it.

The boating lake had been drained, leaving a large flat area with no one in, which my daughter loved riding around.

 

[SpareSprocket]

This was my sons first real mountain bike ride - he's currently 8. We rode alongside the Llyn Brianne reservoir and then back down the Doethie Valley in Mid Wales. Total distance was about 16 miles but it was very, very muddy particularly the Doethie Valley. It's a fantastic piece of singletrack, being in most parts no more than about 10 inches wide. As you can see by the expression on his face HE LOVED IT !

We'll be heading back in the Spring :-)

 

[johnnyh]

Track time...

 

[Andrew_Culture]

My daughter still loves her Toddlebike, and she still rides it 'freestyle'

 

[Pico Triano]

My daughter with my youngest who was still learning to ride.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Not on a bike yet, but practising.

Seriously, he is 11 months old, but has been drinking from a bidon for some time now. If given a normal sippy cup he just throws it around by the handle.

He was watching Mum drink from the Bidon, and desperate to give him some water and unable to find a suitable bottle or cup, she gave him a go, and he has been happily taking water from the Bidon when on the move ever since.

Same with my lass, thank goodness for all those High5 promotions!

 

[atbman]

Carnage at school today - blimmin parents!!

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Bikenage, shurely

 

[atbman]

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Zgt_BI0kI

Might be teaching granny to suck eggs, and the video might be misleading, but his cadence seemed a little low for the speed he was doing. I know kids often like to push as big a gear as they can ("The Fast Gear!"), but have you tried to restrict his gears to those required for BC or BSCA events so that he learns to spin rather than grind? It's not only good technique, but can save little knees from long-term damage.

It's unlikely that he could hurt himself,e specially as his mileage won't be that great just yet, but when he gets old enough to push gears that would make my old joints wince, his pedalling action will be as smooth as silk

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Have given the wee one her first taste of Cinelli:

 

[Radchenister]

Might be teaching granny to suck eggs, and the video might be misleading, but his cadence seemed a little low for the speed he was doing. I know kids often like to push as big a gear as they can ("The Fast Gear!"), but have you tried to restrict his gears to those required for BC or BSCA events so that he learns to spin rather than grind? It's not only good technique, but can save little knees from long-term damage.

It's unlikely that he could hurt himself, especially as his mileage won't be that great just yet, but when he gets old enough to push gears that would make my old joints wince, his pedalling action will be as smooth as silk

Take your point but this is a rather show offy quick experiment with no real briefing or point to it (pushed on my part only, as he wouldn't be so brash, he's never been asked to do it before that day ... a bit sad competitive dad, I admit it, lol ) ; I just got the phone out the back pocket and thought let's see what he does if I ask him to push it. I actually worry about putting him off, as no 11 year old who barely fits on a 45 and hasn't ridden much should really be riding like that for more than just a quick tester ... he's only ridden that bike (his racer) 5 times since it was bought in August, so IMO there's no need to over egg the egg nog ... but he does start his track induction course at the end of Jan', as he's dropping some swimming classes (which is what he has done more seriously to date) ... we'll get him onto the boards, see how he likes it and worry about it from there .

 

[Lanzecki]

The lads first trial fit on his first bike. A nice bike, but I was surprised that it had a nylon headset. This is not something I can fix with a welder.. The general build quality is get good with a great paint and decal job.

While there is a load of space for growth, I'd like to get the seat a little lower and the nose is touching the cross bar at the moment.