Re: [RBW] Remember those learning bikes in the Rivendell Reader? Success Story here

2010-06-29 Thread Rob Harrison
Fantastic--thanks for sharing that. We had a similar experience with our boy, who is now seven. He started out at four or so on a Skuut, which is the $89 version of the nice wooden bikes I first saw in the Riv Reader. The lack of steering lock is a real boon. He LOVED that thing! When he

Re: [RBW] Remember those learning bikes in the Rivendell Reader? Success Story here

2010-06-29 Thread Dan Abelson
My 3 year old loves his like - a- bike balance bike and rides it everywhere. It is one serious machine it even has Schwalbe Big Apples. One additon that made him like it even more was a Honka Hoota horn. Rig content-- my 3 year old says when he is big he is going to get a blue A Homer Hilsen and

Re: [RBW] Remember those learning bikes in the Rivendell Reader? Success Story here

2010-06-29 Thread Dave Lloyd
I, too, am a big believer in Skuuts. All three kids have used 'em so far, you can flip the frame upside down to fit smaller kids, and they make learning a big kid bike a breeze. I did still have to take off the pedals when I moved the kids up to real bikes (they handle a bit differently), but

[RBW] Remember those learning bikes in the Rivendell Reader? Success Story here

2010-06-28 Thread James Warren
I had three great rides this weekend: 1) Halfmoon Bay (in California) down to the Tunitas Creek climb 2) A loop around San Luis Obispo 3) the absolute best-of-all: a ride with my brother and his 5.8-year-old son on the Santa Clara bike path. It was flat and was probably about 6 miles total. (We

Re: [RBW] Remember those learning bikes in the Rivendell Reader? Success Story here

2010-06-28 Thread CycloFiend
on 6/28/10 9:04 AM, James Warren at jimcwar...@earthlink.net wrote: I had three great rides this weekend: 1) Halfmoon Bay (in California) down to the Tunitas Creek climb 2) A loop around San Luis Obispo 3) the absolute best-of-all: a ride with my brother and his 5.8-year-old son on the

[RBW] Remember those learning bikes in the Rivendell Reader? Success Story here

2010-06-28 Thread Jeff Perry
The boy next door, about 2.5 years old now, has been riding one of the scoot bikes for a long time. I picked up a kids bike from somewhere for free and everytime he comes over, he checks it to see if he's grown enough to ride it. He's just about able to make it go but can't quite handle the

Re: [RBW] Remember those learning bikes in the Rivendell Reader? Success Story here

2010-06-28 Thread Rene Sterental
What a nice thing to do! René On 6/28/10, Jeff Perry jeff.pe...@gmail.com wrote: The boy next door, about 2.5 years old now, has been riding one of the scoot bikes for a long time. I picked up a kids bike from somewhere for free and everytime he comes over, he checks it to see if he's grown