Quote Originally Posted by maillotpois
The ride with the fishlets is the best! I did a 15 mile ride with the PetitePois on her relatively new road bike and in some ways its more challenging than riding a century on my own bike! I want her to love it and have it be fun. I want her not to crash. I want her to make it up the hills. She and I are starting to get towards the pre-adolescent mother-daughter times of turmoil. I'm either the best person in the world or the worst. I'm hoping cycling can be fun through all that.

I'm so psyched you're doing the TNT century!
If you can keep the pre-adolescent mother-daughter times from major turmoil, the teen years should be liveable, right? I think that having cycling in common is a wonderful way to keep a positive connection between the two of you. If/when she gets crabby - go for a ride together - with hills. It'll help her get the frustrations out and give you two time to talk (on the flats). That would have served me well when I was that age (so long ago).

I can't wait for the 2007 TNT century AND the chance for us to meet! Very awesome!