Best ride ever! (Child seat content)

timmys, I was chomping at the bit from about 10 months but my cautious wife insisted we leave it until he was one.

To be fair, he’s a solid unit so he would have been fine from 10 months.

We got a Giro Me2 helmet as it had planes on(£15 at CRC) as he’s got a small bonce and all the rest were too big.

Those key development stages in full 😉

Started in a seat tube mounted bike seat at about six months.

(EDIT: Actually I started with a Baby Bjorn on the front and rode to nursery at three months)

Kiddyback tandem at 3.5 yrs/six months with crank shorteners, extra small saddle, adjustable bars and Rhode Gear Limo (no seatpost, see)
London to Oxford at 6 yrs on tandem.
Burley Piccolo plus Kiddyback Triplet at 7/4 yrs (Now THAT was hard work!)
Separate bike for longer road rides with tandem at same age.
KMX recumbent at 7 yrs
Variety of MTB and Road bikes that ever expands.

Kids get bored easily – always have a good reason to ride. At first it was out to see the cows in the farm once Teen1 woke up (Usually at about 5 am). Trips to ice cream, journeys to nursery/shops. For them cycling is often a means to something else.

Oh, and kids need one CHOCOLATE BOURBON every three miles. It’s the rules! These are my top tip and give a nice taste without the mess. I used to keep them in a saddlepack for the stoker (who also had the bike computer, bell, horn and all signalling duties)

TiRed, don’t you mean dad’s need a choc Bourbon and the kids can have one while your at it.

Here’s chimp getting in on the pre-Olympic vibe atop Boxhill

On his HotWalk last summer (coming up for 3 yrs)

Psyching himself up for a sick drop (which BTW I didn’t let him do even though he wanted to)

spacemonkey – I believe you about not letting him do it, but it doesn’t look like there’s any other way up there without you lifting him up!

He was adamant about attempting it so yes, I did lift him up. He stood there for a few seconds so I asked him to remain still while I took a pio. If he had been on tip toe I wouldn’t have done it.