SKnot got a bike!

[KnottedYet]

The kid who refused to touch a bike for the last 5 or 6 years :eek: made the big step! He let my mom's bf teach him to ride in the cow pasture on a Schwinn that was waaaaay to big.

And then he wanted his own bike!

So now he has a Trek hybrid. I snuck the most recent copy of Bicycling home from work for me to read. He took it to bed with him and was reading until long past the time I went to sleep.

HOOOOOOORAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!

The bike bug has bitten.... :D

[Brandy]

http://www.tinklebelle.com/Smilies/images/woohoo.gif That's so cool! How old is he?

[KnottedYet]

He's 13.

(that's a cool smiley)

[Brandy]

How exciting. My son and daughter (8 and almost 6) are really interested in my bike and my son keeps asking if they make road bikes in his size. I think it would be amazing to have this turn into a family affair!

[KnottedYet]

Brandy - would your son like this? Kid-sized Kona!

http://www.konaworld.com/shopping_cart/FrontEnd/Products/product_detail.aspx?productid=350&parentid=253

[Brandy]

That's really cool. I think I need some time to ease dh into the cost involved with becoming a cycling family! :eek:

[DrBee]

Congrats! That's fantastic!

My daughter (4 and still learning to ride without training wheels) says she is going to ride in a race someday. I hope she keeps that attitude :)

[Quillfred]

He's a true slip off the ole Knott.

Congrats!

[Crankin]

You are on your way to being a cycling family. I thank my son daily for getting me into cycling, getting up at 6 AM on a Sunday to teach me how to ride clipless, and telling everyone that "his mom is cool."
One of the best things about this was one day 2 years ago when he was home on leave. I was just riding home from a friend's house, after being out all day when my cell phone rang. I was really tired and had about 6 miles to go. My son said, "Where are you?" When I told him, he said, "What? You rode 55 miles?" I replied that it was his fault, since he had caused me (and my husband) to spend thousands of dollars and to become addicted!

[Lise]

That's great new, Knott! Kids are funny, eh? If it's his idea, not yours, then it's cool!

Brandy, isn't your husband going to do something with bikes for his work? You'll all be cycling before you know it.

My mom picked it up when she was 60, I started in earnest at 42, my bro-in-law wants a bike now at 39! Patience is a virture...:rolleyes:

[Geonz]

Yay, yippee doo dah!!! :D :D :D

[colby]

HOOOOOOORAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!

The bike bug has bitten.... :D

Awesome!

My brother (13, lives with my husband and I, and my dad) will NOT do a "regular bike" -- he's BMX only. He likes to ride on trails with us, but constantly complains. He just can't admit he needs a "normal" bike, that'd be SO uncool ;)

Congrats on your 13-year old victory... enjoy them whenever you can get them!

[Brandy]

Hey KnottedYet,

When you mentioned SKnot in one of your posts the other day it reminded me of this thread. How's he liking his bike?

[mimitabby]

Yeah, how's the boy and his bike doing?
:)

[maillotpois]

missed this thread before - that is so great that he wanted a bike!!! PP has a couple of bikes (plus the tandem), but we don't ride with her nearly as much as we should. gotta do more.

[KnottedYet]

He's slowly getting the hang of it. We ride at the school track still. He doesn't have the control to ride on the bike trails or streets yet. He's still enthusiastic, but not doing much riding.

He really enjoyed cleaning and lubing his chain.

We're working on it.

[Brandy]

That's great! It was a couple of months before we felt comfortable enough with Gavin's skills to take him on the paths or bike lanes, but he eventually got enough control of the bike. Now we're starting all over with dd and she goes back and forth between wanting her training wheels off. DS#2 just asked for a bike last week so we picked one up for him as well. It's contagious!!