Oh, you ladies rock! I knew you'd point me in the right direction.

His birthday is in May and I was just trying to think of something we could use this summer. He loves riding bike but still refuses to ride his bike solo. We still have the tag-a-long but he's about 60 pounds and its just too much weight for me. He is such a socialite and nature lover - he waves like a parade mashall and Wal-mart greeter, lol, sings, etc. just does everything but pay attention so his movements sometimes makes it difficult for me to control, so it's attached to my heavy steel bike (I sit most upright on that).

We have the best time riding bike! I don't want to force the issue of him riding his bike on his own (although I'd love for him to!) but he only wants to ride bike with me because he's afraid of falling and hurting himself. So the tandem just seemed the most logical way of keeping him riding. Not to mention that his classmates will probably be less likely to pick on him riding a tandem than on a tag-a-long.

I'll start doing my homework this weekend.