Took #1 son on Igor to BB for an evenings hike. Back home then took Rachel out for some proper on road cycle training. Much better than expected with looking behind, picks everything up easily but very slow and easily spoked by the passing traffic. More practice will be good. She was quite upset because there were a couple of lads in the park doing wheelies on their full sus MTB's and she couldn't even get her front wheel off the ground.. Then home, and swapping bikes again, off on Igor to collect #2 son.
Nearly finished the greenhouse. The frame is complete, just laying the slabs for the floor. 60x90 slabs are somewhat weighty, especially when they need to be hand carried up a significant flight of steps.
Took #1 son on Igor to BB for an evenings hike. Back home then took Rachel out for some proper on road cycle training. Much better than expected with looking behind, picks everything up easily but very slow and easily spoked by the passing traffic. More practice will be good. She was quite upset because there were a couple of lads in the park doing wheelies on their full sus MTB's and she couldn't even get her front wheel off the ground.. Then home, and swapping bikes again, off on Igor to collect #2 son.
Nearly finished the greenhouse. The frame is complete, just laying the slabs for the floor. 60x90 slabs are somewhat weighty, especially when they need to be hand carried up a significant flight of steps.
Sounds like a good day.
I took my Year 4s out for their first on-road lesson. While practising passing side roads we got caught out in an exceptionally heavy downpour. The children suffered from cold hands, fortunately I was able to produce 12 pairs of dry children's gloves from my Ortlieb pannier, so they merrily continued cycling in the deluge. I dropped off 12 soaked but happy children at school at 3.20.
I got home at about 5 and opened a letter from Thames Water explaining the meaning of a drought order.
My first reaction on seeing the thread title was "was this in some less windy town?" ;-/ Had to go to Tescos for some muffin cases and it was Hard Work coming back to the bridge. (The muffins are for the weekend's Scottish Go Open which the local club's organising, which is why I haven't got any pictures done for the cycling & child website done yet... Real Soon Now, once it's next week!)
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She was quite upset because there were a couple of lads in the park doing wheelies on their full sus MTB's and she couldn't even get her front wheel off the ground..
Stamp down on the leading pedal in first gear while pulling up on the bars. This works /very/ well on the Brom: challenged to do a wheelie by some Harris lads I thought I could easily oblige, and did such a good job I stepped off the bike backwards. Ooops! Kept everyone amused, at least...
Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/
Stamp down on the leading pedal in first gear while pulling up on the bars. This works /very/ well on the Brom: challenged to do a wheelie by some Harris lads I thought I could easily oblige, and did such a good job I stepped off the bike backwards. Ooops! Kept everyone amused, at least...
Would be interesting to see what a good BMXer could do with a Brommie in a skate park. You'd need to strap the rear triangle up but I suspect you could do lots of the stunts on it. Would be real fun for some of those MTB shows. -- Tony
"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory." - Leonardo da Vinci
Would be interesting to see what a good BMXer could do with a Brommie in a skate park. You'd need to strap the rear triangle up but I suspect you could do lots of the stunts on it. Would be real fun for some of those MTB shows.
They'd be better off on a Birdy, where the back's strapped up to start, you've got a stiffer frame, better bar position /and/ full suspension. But still folds up into a pretty nifty package.
Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/
Would be interesting to see what a good BMXer could do with a Brommie in a skate park. You'd need to strap the rear triangle up but I suspect you could do lots of the stunts on it. Would be real fun for some of those MTB shows.
They'd be better off on a Birdy, where the back's strapped up to start, you've got a stiffer frame, better bar position /and/ full suspension. But still folds up into a pretty nifty package.
Yes, but a Birdy is not British and there are not too many of them on the streets compared with a Brommie. Its just the thought of the quintessentially British Brommie being used as a stunt bike appeals to me and it could be a great marketing ploy.
-- Tony
"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory." - Leonardo da Vinci
