Henry is 12. He'll turn 13 in May. He loves camping out, but neither he nor his sister ride as much as I did at their age. We live on a steep hill, too steep for them to be able to ride to school. As soon as Henry gets to the point where he wants to ride to school, and can lobby his mom into allowing it, then he's going to go BEASTMODE on the bike. It's been my parenting attitude to let him drive how much he rides, but maybe it's time for me to encourage him a little bit more. Like "If you were riding to and from school a few days a week, that ride to flat-top would be a lot easier".
We're talking about a 3.5 mile ride, with about 700ft of climbing total, with a couple pitches approaching 15%, so no joke by any adult measure. On Monday, March 10, 2014 10:47:37 AM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > How old is Henry? > > My daughters love doing a few overnighters and one or two 3-5 day > bikepacking trips a year since I got my bike. It increases each year as > they get older. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Monday, March 10, 2014 11:04:54 AM UTC-6, Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >> All day Sunday: >> >> Henry: So dad, when's the next one? >> Me: I don't know, whenever people want to do one >> Henry: How did you find out about this one? >> Me: Manny texted me? >> Henry: Has Manny texted you about the next one? >> Me: No, not yet >> Henry: Can you check if he's texted you? >> Me: He really hasn't texted me yet? >> Henry: So when do you think he'll text you? >> Me: I never know. >> Henry: Is Manny the only one who can call these? >> Me: No, people can do whatever they want. Solo, organized, whatever, >> whenever >> Henry: Oh....so when's the next one? >> >> On Sunday, March 9, 2014 6:37:02 PM UTC-7, Manuel Acosta wrote: >>> >>> Finally have some weekends free and with the recent rains the hills were >>> calling me. >>> >>> Sent out general invite via social media. Always a fun gamble to see who >>> comes out. >>> >>> Ended up with a big group 8 by my count. >>> 3 were newbies. >>> 4 had blue jeans on. >>> 1 came but didn't sleep >>> 3 ladies. >>> 1 offspring of younger years. >>> >>> Meant to leave at 4. Ended up leaving 530ish due to hot chocolate >>> brought by the one and only Tom de Leonias. By far the best hot chocolate >>> and best way to start a s240. >>> >>> After some riding/hiking we get to camp with Dustin already sent up with >>> his tent. Food was shared, a pound of chocolate was eatten. I made fried >>> tilapia. Food made us happy. >>> >>> Breakfest was met by clouds and coffee made INVERTED aeropress. Which >>> wad amazing. The ride back was mellow and no body died. Good times. >>> >>> Pictures proved that everyone had a horrible time. >>> http://flic.kr/s/aHsjUeF1x2 >>> >>> Manny "don't hate me after this ride" Acosta >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
