Tandems & kids

[maillotpois]

How old was Em when you felt that the trail-a-bike got too unstable?

I basically would want to do a family ride once a week or so and then possibly an organized charity ride a few times a year.

It's more about size and weight than age in terms of the trail a bike stability. Em is tall and big. I used the trail a bike til probably 2nd grade with her and then it was just too tippy and tough to maneuver.

I suggest seeing if you can borrow one for a ride to see if it works for your daughter.

And doing an organized ride is a great motivator - all those other folks out there.

I'm afraid to get her her own road bike at this point because I just don't think she could hang with the big dogs. One hour of riding and she would be done. If I attached her to my bike, then as long as I know I'm going to be doing most of the work, we could go a lot longer.

Yeah, they don't actually work much when they're attached - unless you really get on their case. And I can totally tell when Em is actually contributing. Sometimes I make her pedal and then I soft pedal and she can propel us pretty well.

I'm just really not interested in a tandem bike. I don't have anything against them, just not that interested at this point (unless it were a tandem for my husband and I!).

Funny, I won't ride the tandem with my husband!