Never one to waste a golden opportunity, we decided we should go to our favourite bike dealer and pick up the tag along bike for our youngest, Alfie.
What a piece of equipment!!
Alfie jumped up and down when he saw it and when he realised that it meant we could go out together.
His older brothers have already been out and about at weekends on their bikes, Owen, who is 6, has even been down to town and back a round trip of @8 miles!
Alfie however (being 5) is not ready to be let loose. He still needs help getting going on his bike and dismounts by stepping off the bike and letting it fall over! This will open up a whole new chapter in our cycling and hopefully this weekend we will be able to take a trip out as a family and really feel mobile without a car.
Be warned though parents. Cycling can bring out the competitive edge in your children!
Last weekend Kim blithely bet Ollie that he couldn't cycle all the way up a really steep hill...foolish Daddy...he bet him £5, thinking he would be bound to fail.
Well guess who now owes his son money??
Ollie powered to the top of the hill and stopped with a double punch to the air and a "YEEEEESSSSS!!!!"
Daddy FAIL! lol.
Oh wow that looks so awesome! Does it have pedals on it? Will he be able to pedal along if it does? Whose bike will it go on?
ReplyDeleteIt will be so nice for you all to get out all together. I know we really enjoy it even with the kids are still in the trailer. Its great bonding time, like you mentioned in your other post.
I'm excited to hear your experiences with the tag along. I'm sure that will be the next step for us once Tristan gets too big for the trailer.
Yup it sure does have peddals!! |This means it should be easier than say a trailer to pull as the child can help a bit!! But we'll see!
ReplyDeleteIf you think about one in the future for tristan and you are worried about balance, you can also get a back rest that attatches onto the tag along :)
We will be using it this weekend so look out for post and pics :D
xx