"Jo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:Jo said:Mark Tranchant said:Jo wrote:
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The deed is done. He has just purchased (or we have!) a Trek 1200, reduced
from about £700 to about £500. Grandma has treated him to some new cycle
shoes to go with it. He is now out seeking admiration/envy from all his
friends! Repayment of £200 is being negotiated as described before. He is
happy (ecstatic actually!), we are even more broke than we were before.
And yes Helen, I am very glad he is only into cycling for fun. He is fit,
strong and fast enough to have a bash at time trialling, but he doesn't
have a competitive bone in his body, and also lacks the confidence needed
for competition.
Jo
I hope he thoroughly enjoys his new bike and gets many, many happy miles
from it.
My offspring isn't nearly as competitve as some. He uses TT-ing as a way of
doing *his* best and seeing in objective terms how he is improving his
fitness. Having been to a couple of GHS national finals, I see just how
competitive some can be and that side of things I don't like in many ways.
The way I look at it with my son TT-ing is that it's his hobby. He is
interested in the physical side of it - keeping himself fit and getting
fitter, and he thoroughly enjoys it, well, most of the time he does 🙂 I
find this a preferrable hobby to him vegging out in front of a computer
game, wanting to go mad with cars (he's at the age where some of his mates
are getting into cars and the attitude of some scare me to bits), and he's
not interesting in drugs or booze. He is enjoying the cameraderie of club
runs and meeting up with other cyclists at events. Plus he greatly admires
his coach who is a wonderful encouragement to him.
Cheers, helen s
