And now for some pics
(all taken with the iPhone 4).
Sarah about to embark on her first solo ride.
She did great. Had a few target fixation issues at first, just like when she started riding her pedal bike, but that was soon a thing of the past. This morning we got up and headed to Livingston to meet "Lawman" from TWT to pick up a harbor freight tire changing setup he was selling me. Then we were off to Cycle Shack in Conroe to get Sarah her own gear.
She likes pink
Being the kind little brother he is,Daniel let Sarah ride first after we got home. Here they are swapping out elbow and knee pads because I only bought one set.
At this point, Daniel was not riding solo yet. So no pics of him riding because I was HANGING ON!!
After a while, he was ready to let Sarah back on and this is where she really started getting the hang of it. He got more interested in playing with the water in a little wading pool and she got to ride for about 35-40 minutes straight. She seems to have gotten completely over the target fixation issues and started working on being real smooth with the throttle, holding a constant throttle, and practicing using the front brake. She was rocking!
Waiting for Daniel to hand over the pads...
She got in a groove and was really having fun cornering. We are still working on keeping the eyes up. Sometimes she did it great and other times it looked like she was staring at the front wheel, hehe...
Eyes up!!
And back down
And really leaning into the fast turns!!
I convinced Daniel to get out of the wading pool and get some dry clothes on, and then it was time for him to try a solo ride. We did about 20 minutes of me riding on the back and letting him do all the steering and throttle control. Once I saw he had it down, I decided to let him do it on his own without my deadweight on the back of the bike
Keeping him in the frame for taking pics was a little harder than it was for Sarah... He likes to go FAST! But, he did a great job of slowing for the turns and then getting back on the gas. Most of these shots are grainy because I was having to use the zoom on the iPhone because he would zip away from me so fast
I didn't even notice the shirt until Beth pointed it out later when looking at the pics with me
While we were zipping around the yard, I noticed the grand kids of our neighbors across the street shooting some hoops. They kept stopping and watching us ride. So I convinced Sarah and Daniel that we should go over and see if they want a ride. The little brother could hardly wait. He RAN inside to get his mom to make sure it was okay
So I geared him up and took him for a few laps of the yard. Then his older brother got to do a solo ride and did really good. So I let them ride together a bit while their mom & dad took pics of them. They had a BLAST! Little brother did not want to stop, hehe. They come up every now and then to visit the grand parents, so I am sure we'll be seeing more of them
Real nice kids
It started getting close to dark so time to hose the bike off and put it away. Both kids had a great time and I have to say I am really proud of how well they have been listening and doing what I've been telling them. Now if only I could get them to do that all the time!
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Danial was scoping out the launch distance and landing area catch fence.
