Bike Friends

Day off for me as a runner…..full time day as a dad. I love these days. My older boy has been wanting to ride his bike like crazy since we started to get him going on a “big boy bike” earlier this week. So, after work ended today we hit the streets with pads on to get it going. I’m confident he has it dialed at this point.

The first day we just worked on riding by himself and balancing. I will say that balance bikes are the way to go. He’s been on one of those since he was little and it taught him how to stay up on two wheels. The only thing he really had to learn was how to incorporate the pedals. It was a pretty seamless transition. We never even used training wheels.

Today we worked on dialing in how to use the brakes. He learned how to cruise down hills while slowing down and then turn around and ride back up. We had a couple close calls along the way and a few minor spills but I think he has it now. From here forward its all about practice. Benefit for dad is that I have a new biking friend. I’ll have him out on the trails in no time.

Back to regularly scheduled running Jack tomorrow.