This weekend we finally decided my 7 year old had outgrown
her 16” bicycle. With a little time on
our hands and incredible weather, we headed out shopping and found a really
cute 20” bicycle that she felt comfortable on.
In the spirit of upgrading, my 5 year old left her 12” bicycle to get
the hand-me-down 16” bicycle.
On Sunday, I was kind of spent from a couple of workouts on
Saturday and riding to the park as a family sounded like a great idea. There are parks all over our
neighborhood. We started towards Woodrun
Park, but that is only 0.5 miles away, so we ventured another 0.5 miles to
Rainbow III Park. This turned out to be
a pretty good ride. After playing for a
while, instead of going home, we headed towards Rainbow 2 Park (better known as
the Arvada Fireman’s Park). This was a
little more of a slog with some slight climbs over about 1.5 miles. Surprisingly my 5 year old held up
great. After playing a little while, we
decided to head for home.
This last mile was a little tougher. The last half mile was a mix of riding and
giving my daughter a push while running alongside her.
The weather was certainly too nice to not take advantage
of. As they develop some confidence in
bike handling skills and being aware of traffic, I think riding could be a fun
family activity for us.
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