Kids Bike

[Bilsko]

@jopamora 36693 wrote:

How do you find the willpower not to just give it to him now? Got my son a balance bike for his 2nd bday next month and it is killing me not to just see him try it out.

Ha! Amazon just delivered my daughter’s Balance Bike (Skuut) for Christmas this afternoon. I CANT WAIT TO PUT IT TOGETHER AND TRY IT OUT. Err… have my daughter try it out.

[mstone]

@jopamora 36693 wrote:

How do you find the willpower not to just give it to him now? Got my son a balance bike for his 2nd bday next month and it is killing me not to just see him try it out.

Pragmatism: I have three kids and a finite amount of space; if I give him the bike now, I’ll need to come up with something else for Christmas.

[GuyContinental]

@Bilsko 36694 wrote:

Ha! Amazon just delivered my daughter’s Balance Bike (Skuut) for Christmas this afternoon. I CANT WAIT TO PUT IT TOGETHER AND TRY IT OUT. Err… have my daughter try it out.

Quick tip- if your daughter is on the young and or short inseam side, assemble the Skuut with the “top tube” / plank upside down and drill a quick 1/4″ hole for the new seat position. It drops the stand-over by 2″+ inches beyond the lowest OE seat position and gives the bike a super-cruiser look…

[vvill]

@Bilsko 36694 wrote:

I CANT WAIT TO PUT IT TOGETHER AND TRY IT OUT. Err… have my daughter try it out.

The first bike I put together on my Park Tool stand was my son’s super elite Toys R Us bike.

But he hardly rides it

[Bilsko]

@GuyContinental 36708 wrote:

Quick tip- if your daughter is on the young and or short inseam side, assemble the Skuut with the “top tube” / plank upside down and drill a quick 1/4″ hole for the new seat position. It drops the stand-over by 2″+ inches beyond the lowest OE seat position and gives the bike a super-cruiser look…

Thanks for this tip- its still in the box for now. She’s only just under 19 months old…so I suspect that if there’s any chance that she’ll use it soon I’ll need to do this. I think they’re officially recommended for 2yrs and up, but I’m hoping to get a jump on that.

[GuyContinental]

@vvill 36730 wrote:

The first bike I put together on my Park Tool stand was my son’s super elite Toys R Us bike.

But he hardly rides it

I feel your pain… can’t pry mine loose from his Skuut. Even after I completely dismantled and overhauled a “curb-alert” 12″ Giant for him:

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FWIW, if I never rebuild another coaster brake, it will be totally fine by me.

[GuyContinental]

@Bilsko 36735 wrote:

Thanks for this tip- its still in the box for now. She’s only just under 19 months old…so I suspect that if there’s any chance that she’ll use it soon I’ll need to do this. I think they’re officially recommended for 2yrs and up, but I’m hoping to get a jump on that.

My brother got my little dude one at 1 yr, I set it up and let him crawl all over it as a playroom artifact for nearly 1.5 years (age 2.5) before he could touch the ground, even with the lower stand-over… that said, he may be a dwarf so YMMV

[dasgeh]

@Bilsko 36694 wrote:

Ha! Amazon just delivered my daughter’s Balance Bike (Skuut) for Christmas this afternoon. I CANT WAIT TO PUT IT TOGETHER AND TRY IT OUT. Err… have my daughter try it out.

When my husband put together the Balance Bike for my daughter’s 2 yo bday (October), he stopped in the middle of set up and said “I can’t take this bike seriously — it’s too small”…

BTW, it seems like we have a critical mass of ~2 year olds around here… We should have a kid friendly happy hour.

[Tim Kelley]

@dasgeh 36777 wrote:

BTW, it seems like we have a critical mass of ~2 year olds around here… We should have a kid friendly happy hour.

Playground meetup?

[Bilsko]

@Tim Kelley 36779 wrote:

Playground meetup?

AmericanCyclo and I (and I think vvill too) had played around with the idea last summer. Now that I’m all set up with Bike + trailer, I’m certainly up for it. Cooler weather makes it a bit harder (not the biking, of course, the playground-ing) but still possible.
I’m in DC (MacArthur Blvd) so it’ll be a bit tough for me to venture too far into VA and keep the little one occupied in the trailer, but I think I could do about 5 or 6 miles each way without her getting too restless and upset.

[Bilsko]

@dasgeh 36777 wrote:

BTW, it seems like we have a critical mass of ~2 year olds around here… We should have a kid friendly happy hour.

With the daylight hours receding, we may need to make it more of an executive lunch (well, maybe not *three* martinis) or save it for Spring-time and later sunsets.

[Tim Kelley]

Highland Park? http://goo.gl/maps/cIY9A

Henry Clay Park? http://goo.gl/maps/60AG8

Other suggestions?

[dasgeh]

Hayes Park is just off the Custis — http://goo.gl/maps/8pZvf

Our toddler wants to do a holiday lights ride. We could meet up an afternoon next weekend, and those willing to stay late-ish could do a holiday lights ride. There are plenty of good houses within an easy ride of Hayes Park or Clay Park (I’m less familiar with what’s in Lyon Village, near Highland Park). If next weekend doesn’t work, we’ll our until after the holidays.

It looks like the weather may cooperate next Saturday.

[Steve]

@dasgeh 36777 wrote:

BTW, it seems like we have a critical mass of ~2 year olds around here… We should have a kid friendly happy hour.

I 100% thought that the sentence above was going to end in, “…..We should have a balance bike race.”

[vvill]

I like the idea of a kid-friendly happy hour. But the Chasin’ Tails place near Tri360 is probably about the only one I could ride to with either/both kids I think. That said I don’t mind doing a hybrid thing – driving and then riding.

I can ride two of my kids’ trikes/bikes – but not far enough to log the mileage on Strava.

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