What am I thankful for?
What am I thankful for?
1. The wildlife that I see every time I ride. The squirrels that streak across the trail like comets across the sky, the bald eagle that we saw a few days ago on Lakeside, the bobcats that are faster than I am, the owl that we couldn’t get a picture of, the turtles that hump in the middle of the trail, and even the spiders who’s eyes glow at night, and spin webs for us to wear as we ride through them.
2. Toys to play with, so I can make an ultra-bling SS road bike even more bling…and fast. I have a real luxury in that I have been at this game a while and have accumulated a bunch of really neat stuff that I can play with any time I like.
3. Three wonderful kids that seem to be as excited as I am about putting the “fast-wheels” on the Vortex. Every day when I return from work when they are running toward me to greet me with that hug, every little adventure that they feel compelled to tell me about (“Daddy I pooped on the toilet” notice the word “on” and not “in”), the fact that my second son refuses to let anyone cut his hair except me…and momma refuses to let me cut it (because I suck really bad at cutting hair).
4. A bomb-shell wife that tells me to go ride while she corrals three little monkeys and cooks Thanksgiving dinner…just for us. She cooks it perfectly, because she knows that an undercooked turkey will “kill us all”. For all the precious looks she gives me, for all the selfless things she does for this family…She has no idea…she is the most beautiful person I have ever met.
5. Last of all for all the little bits of stress that I leave on the roadside, and trailside. Without those stresses, I would have less reason to ride, to suffer, to push hard enough to forget them, to stay healthy.
I have it so unbelievably good.
Your Kido
Nice photo of your kido. Does he ride yet?
yeah, but
He won't let me take the training wheels off. If I had it to do over again, we would never have used the training wheels.
I read a sweet book on the subject. It says never use training wheels and take the pedals off and let them "ride" it like a scooter. As they get better they start coasting with their feet off the ground for longer and longer periods, but their feet are always there to catch 'em. Sounds good, but have not tried it. I am guessing, that method has its problems also.
Never Had any Trouble
I never had any trouble with training wheels for my son. The trick was to gradually raise them up so he was forced to ride the bike on two wheels most of the time. When I finally did take them off, it only took a little bit of prompting and he was riding like a duck takes to water. My dad did the same thing for me when I was little. I was riding around with older kids and they noticed that I was riding on two wheels most of the time and they said I needed to get rid of those training wheels!