Scary!

Just zips Guy said:

Michael has ridden off on his own to play with friends at the park,
three nasty junctions away. We rode back form school together today,
he was confident and competent and remembered to look behind him all
but one time. But it's scary, letting your kids into the lions' den
alone!

He'll be alright.

I'm sure he will.

I will not ride round there to check.

Honest.

....unfold, fold, unfold, ride, fold, unfold,...

....go on you know you want to.

Colin

On Tue, 24 May 2005 15:53:45 +0100 someone who may be "Just zis Guy,
you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

I will not ride round there to check.

I am reminded of the story told by Peter White, biography at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/presenters/white_biog.shtml

Having pestered his mother for a long time she finally let him go
the shop by himself to get some milk or whatever. The trip was
dangerous, involving ISTR detours, crashing into things, falling in
a stream and so on. After a considerable time he made it back home.

It was only many years later that his mother admitted to him that
she had followed him on the trip, heart in mouth, without telling
him.

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On Tue, 24 May 2005 16:14:21 +0100, David Hansen
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

I am reminded of the story told by Peter White, biography at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/presenters/white_biog.shtml

He is one of my heroes. "Blind man on the rampage" was superb, and In
Touch is one of the best and most inspiring programmes on radio.

Guy
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simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

On Tue, 24 May 2005 16:09:05 +0100, Colin Blackburn
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

...unfold, fold, unfold, ride, fold, unfold,...
...go on you know you want to.

Oh alright then :-)

Guy
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simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Michael has ridden off on his own to play with friends at the park,
three nasty junctions away. We rode back form school together today,
he was confident and competent and remembered to look behind him all
but one time. But it's scary, letting your kids into the lions' den
alone!

He'll be alright.

I'm sure he will.

I will not ride round there to check.

Honest.

Guy

I know *exactly* how you feel.

Honest.

He'll be okay but you will possibly develop a nervous tic ;-)

Cheers, helen s

Just zis Guy said:

Michael has ridden off on his own to play with friends at the
park, three nasty junctions away. We rode back form school
together today, he was confident and competent and remembered
to look behind him all but one time. But it's scary, letting
your kids into the lions' den alone!

Scary, yes, but it's got to happen sooner or later. He's well trained
and he's sensible. You know the odds are hugely in his favour but it
won't stop you from worrying.

--
Dave...

Just zis Guy, you know? came up with the following;:

Quoted message said:

Michael has ridden off on his own to play with friends at the park,
three nasty junctions away. We rode back form school together today,
he was confident and competent and remembered to look behind him all
but one time. But it's scary, letting your kids into the lions' den
alone!

He'll be alright.

I'm sure he will.

I will not ride round there to check.

Honest.

Heheheh.

The satisfaction of knowing you've taught him wisely and correctly, when he
comes home none the worse, is far greater than the worry ...

Or is that the relief, despite what you've told him? 😉

--
Paul ...
(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!

you know? said:

Michael has ridden off on his own to play with friends at the park,
three nasty junctions away. We rode back form school together today,
he was confident and competent and remembered to look behind him all
but one time. But it's scary, letting your kids into the lions' den
alone!

He'll be alright.

I'm sure he will.

I will not ride round there to check.

Honest.

Tilly's top child cycling tips.

1. Make sure your bike is well maintained: it's no good if you do
everything else right and then your wheel falls off!

2. Cycle in a way that means you a visible to other road users and so
that you can see other road users. That means do not cycle in the
gutter, and only over to the left of a lane if you feel happy with
vehicles overtaking you.

3. Wear bright clothing that makes you even more visible.

4. Consider wearing a helmet. It can protect you against certain
types of head injury, but remember, it does nothing to lessen the
chance of an accident occurring.

"Tilly" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Tilly's top child cycling tips.

1. Make sure your bike is well maintained: it's no good if you do
everything else right and then your wheel falls off!

2. Cycle in a way that means you a visible to other road users and so
that you can see other road users. That means do not cycle in the
gutter, and only over to the left of a lane if you feel happy with
vehicles overtaking you.

3. Wear bright clothing that makes you even more visible.

4. Consider wearing a helmet. It can protect you against certain
types of head injury, but remember, it does nothing to lessen the
chance of an accident occurring.

I'm pretty certain that Guy's offspring are well into advanced cycling
techniques having learned safe, assertive cyling from their dad, as they are
a cycling family :-)

Cheers, helen s

On Tue, 24 May 2005 19:27:55 +0100, "wafflycat"

waffles*A*T*v21net*D*O*T*co*D*O*T*uk said:

I'm pretty certain that Guy's offspring are well into advanced cycling
techniques having learned safe, assertive cyling from their dad, as they are
a cycling family :-)

The advice I give when training children is partly based on Guy's
advice here over the last 2-3 years, so I cannot argue with what you
say.

Paul - censored said:

Heheheh.

The satisfaction of knowing you've taught him wisely and correctly, when
he comes home none the worse, is far greater than the worry ...

Or is that the relief, despite what you've told him? 😉

Try it with daughters! As a Dad you spend all your time worrying that
they will meet a lad with the same intentions as you had at his age.

--
Tony

"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought" Lord
Peter Wimsey (Dorothy L. Sayers)

Tony Raven came up with the following;:

Quoted message said:

Paul - censored said:

Heheheh.

The satisfaction of knowing you've taught him wisely and correctly, when
he comes home none the worse, is far greater than the worry ...

Or is that the relief, despite what you've told him? 😉

Try it with daughters! As a Dad you spend all your time worrying that
they will meet a lad with the same intentions as you had at his age.

I have two sons .. thank goodness.

They're just 'finding' that motorbikes are cool ..

--
Paul ...
(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!

On Tue, 24 May 2005 18:51:16 +0100, Tilly <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Tilly's top child cycling tips.

1. Make sure your bike is well maintained: it's no good if you do
everything else right and then your wheel falls off!

Addendum: If you ride the bike to school, check the QRs, brakes etc
_before_ you ride it home. Some scallies at my son's school had
loosened his QRs the other day. Apparently it's a common occurence.

Tim

You should have taken the Brompton, not to check of course, but to show
his friends your new "cool bike(TM)". Amd yet they always ask the cost
:-)

I see he is now old enough to ride a Brompton. Thomas (7) can now ride
mine with the saddle low enough to hinder rear wheel fold. The MT60 is
becoming a little small, another 6 months then off to Decathlon for a
Road Bike(TM). He'll be receiving my Brompton in the will...

regards,
Daren
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5. Wear gloves, you'll fall on your hands more than your head!

daren said:

Thomas (7) can now ride
mine with the saddle low enough to hinder rear wheel fold. The MT60 is
becoming a little small, another 6 months then off to Decathlon for a
Road Bike(TM).

Do you happen to have a link to a Decathlon road bike for an
apprentice-sized rider? Could you share, please?

Can't find anything except overweight mountainbikes hereabouts.

Al C-F said:

Do you happen to have a link to a Decathlon road bike for an
apprentice-sized rider? Could you share, please?

I've just this instant posted this with a similar query:
http://tinyurl.com/7urm2

How small is apprentice? I'm looking on behalf of someone who is
(very temporarily :-) ) 1m55 or so. Decathlon have a range of
sizes for the 7.1, 45cm to 63cm.

Brendan
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On 25 May 2005 16:43:52 +0100, Brendan Halpin <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Al C-F said:

Do you happen to have a link to a Decathlon road bike for an
apprentice-sized rider? Could you share, please?

I've just this instant posted this with a similar query:
http://tinyurl.com/7urm2

How small is apprentice? I'm looking on behalf of someone who is
(very temporarily :-) ) 1m55 or so. Decathlon have a range of
sizes for the 7.1, 45cm to 63cm.

An average height 9 year-old. Thanks for the link, I think I've found
an excuse to go shopping when we go on hols.

Thanks,

"Al C-F" wrote in message >

Quoted message said:

Do you happen to have a link to a Decathlon road bike for an
apprentice-sized rider? Could you share, please?

Can't find anything except overweight mountainbikes hereabouts.

http://www.decathloncycle.com/produit/Gamme_2005/route/produit/produit_487092.asp

Mike Sales