Saturday we introduced our nephew to mountain biking with Aunty Linda
and Uncle Rog. He's only 17 months old, so we had to borrow his Mum's
bike, as it has the baby seat. This seat is mounted in front of the
rider, Linda. Apparently this makes for a more stable ride, but neither
of us had ever ridden with a kid, so who knows?
The ride was tame. The passenger antics were hilarious. Every once in
while a foot would come up and kick the handlebar. Or a little hand
would reach out and try and shift a gear. I even heard Linda riding
along going "no pinching, No Pinching, NO Pinching". Occasionally a
little head would grow out of Linda's armpit as the little guy looked
back at me. The funniest part though was when he was playing with
Linda's legs. On the upstroke, while she was pedalling, he would be
trying to push her leg DOWN, before it came over the top. Made for some
interesting riding... especially the bow legged style of riding with
that carrier. Every once in a while Linda got clobbered as a little
helmet came flying backwards. Lots of fun though. We even saw horses and
a garter snake! Very exciting, don't you know...
Sunday I was Marshalling at a race. I was at the bottom of a downhill
twisty, and my job was to make sure that cars and riders didn't collide.
Had two cars stop, right on the crossing, to ask me what I was doing. I
told them I was there to make sure they didn't stop on the race
course... which is why I kept waving them along. Talked with lots of
riders, and spectators. Had one rider crash right at my feet. The crash
even had the commentary of the French mother, with the three young
daughters going "OOOOoooohhhhhhhhhh!" as the rider came tumbling along.
All in all a good bike related weekend!
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- Rog
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