dumbest dad on a bike

[mimitabby]

Yesterday I saw a guy on a bike with a kid on a bike. the kid's bike was a two wheeler, as was dad's. Dad had the kid attached to him by a CABLE that was at least 10 feet long. he was going down the Burke Gilman trail.

[Fredwina]

That reminds me.
I was working for a hospital when I bought my first "real" bike. I had a huffy that I sold to a cardiology resident. He took for a ride with his German Sheperd's Leash tied to the handlebars Broken Colloarbone.
Hopefully, your cardiologist isn't named Naresh

[mimitabby]

I actually tried that with my dog for about 100 feet. he was only a 35 lb dog, but it was enough to pull my bike out from under me.

[Kathi]

Some guy friends of ours invited a woman friend for a 35 mi road ride with us, it was very hilly.

She showed up in running shorts and thongs. She also brought her 2 young boys who were riding BMX style bikes. They didn't have helmets because she "forgot to put them in her car and since they were running late she didn't want to go back for them".

When we reached the first set of hills which were rollers, she tied a rope to the head tube of the boys bikes and attached it to the seat post of her bike(she had one boy and our male friend had the other boy). They pulled the 2 boys up the hill. Then they kept the boys tied to their bikes on the downhill.

Our friend said that was the most dangerous thing he had ever done and refused to pull up any more hills.

We were close to a bike trail so she and her 2 boys rode to the trail and left.

This is a woman who is a nurse and who, when she was pregnant kept monitoring her heart rate on a hiking trip for fear she would get it to high and damage the fetus!

That day, I lost all respect I had for that woman as a mother.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

oh my god that is AWFUL!!!

When my friends who are casual bikers suggest they will ride with me for fun sometime, I welcome that but I do specify to them that I will only ride with people who wear helmets. I hope in some way it suggests to them that helmets are important.

[missymaya]

I was on my daily commute, cutting through the university, when I saw a unicyclist walking his German Shepard . All I could think was all that dog needed to do was bolt and down he would go...and he wasn't wearing a helmet .

[Aint Doody]

The worst I ever saw was a mom with a child on the back of her bicycle in a child seat. She also had a baby she was carrying in front in one of those little sling deals. Not a helmet in sight--neither child nor her!!! She had one hand sorta around the baby. In retrospect I realized I should have called the police--talk about child endangerment....And--she was just about to cross some railroad tracks.

[Jenn]

The worst I ever saw was a mom with a child on the back of her bicycle in a child seat. She also had a baby she was carrying in front in one of those little sling deals. Not a helmet in sight--neither child nor her!!! She had one hand sorta around the baby. In retrospect I realized I should have called the police--talk about child endangerment....And--she was just about to cross some railroad tracks.

OMG, that is something I would expect to see in India or Vietnam as that is their MAIN form of transportation but that is just ridiculous. I panic everytime Kaitlyn takes her helmet off when she's in her trailer and we are on a path!

[lph]

Ok, I admit it. Terrible mom over here on the left. When my son went to kindergarten we had about 700 m to walk home, and I'd always come to pick him up on my bike. Quite often he managed to talk me into biking home with him sitting on the handlebars... me with a helmet, him without

To my defence, your honour, I'd like to state that my hands were gripping the brakes at all time, I would never wheel faster than about jogging speed, there were no cars around (residential area) and in case of losing control I was prepared to grab my son in both arms and then fall over.

So I think I'd be the one to crack a shin, actually. Didn't stop us getting some very startled looks.

Sure was a good way to work on balance!