I never thought riding along at 6 mph would seem fast and dangerous. That was before I began following Nicholas around the neighborhood. We purchased him his first two-wheeler a few weeks ago and much to my delight, it's been almost nonstop riding for him ever since. I'm sad to say however that at first glance, it appears as though he's taking after me in his riding strengths and weaknesses. I determined this when he was looking for a friendly push up the small 'hills' in our neighborhood. Our favorite loop right now is riding down to Chestnut Blvd. and back which offers just over 2 1/2 miles worth of riding. I was extremely impressed the first time we did it and he wanted to keep going. I quickly talked him into going in the house for a bowl of ice cream however as that first ride took us about one hour to complete. Fortunately as he is getting more and more comfortable on the bike, the ride time has been getting reduced while we've begun to increase our distances.
As a guy who typically rides on roads the majority of the time and is always searching to find the 'smoothest' line, it was a nice reminder on how much fun it is to actually go out of your way to go through puddles, ride over manhole covers or to find every rise in concrete.
brian
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