What a bunch of **** you lot are.
Eldest is a fit and lean 5 but it’d make it more attainable for him to cover longer rides and get up longer gradients with a bit of assistance. What’s the **** problem?
Mate sent a message yesterday about doing a 3 1/2 hr ride with his missus that she wouldn’t have previously entertained and it got me thinking. But no, I’m probably worse for my kids than perchy’s paedo mate for suggesting it…
Chill dude, posting about e-bikes for kids here was never going to get a good response, I’m afraid 🙂
There’s literally tons of stuff that you can do with kids of that age. I just had a look back through my Strava history at what I did with my boy back when he was 5yo:
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[*]Sky Rides (got a different name now, but still going strong)[/*]
[*]Local MTB trail centre – skills loop. Kids *love* these and they tend to be short too.[/*]
[*]Cinder Trail – Whitby to Scarborough and back over two days (60 miles total)[/*]
[*]Bruges (Belgium) – took the bikes on the ferry, cycled 25 miles to Bruges, stayed a few days and cycled back again[/*]
[*]Tons of shorter (10 mile) singletrack rides[/*]
[*]Forestry commission sites – plenty of opportunity to mix up the trails and do something that suits his ability and fitness[/*]
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The key here is to not try to do too much too quickly, but you should have absolutely no problem doing good, challenging rides with a 5yo without needing electric assistance. All of the above was done with no more assistance than an occasional one-handed shove up a hill when his legs tired. Just build it up slowly and you’ll find that you’ll enjoy it all the more.
One thing we didn’t do too much of is riding with our normal MTB buddies with the kids – at this age, everyone gets frustrated because of the difference in speed. Only now that he is 8yo would I consider taking him out with a group of adult riders and, even then, it would be a specifically chosen group that either he could keep up with, or wouldn’t mind if he was a bit slower than them.