Re: [RBW] Things I Feel Guilty About: Bike Life

2023-03-05 Thread Roberta
I loved these stories. Leah, I was laughing so hard. Something got thru, as your teenage children still ride today, on Rivendells. Dayton might not have liked the backabike bag, but probably preferred it than to be left at home. Frahm30, your daughter’s smile says it all. Even if you had to le

Re: [RBW] Things I Feel Guilty About: Bike Life

2023-03-05 Thread Dave C
[image: hodges sasha 20210411_121248.jpeg] On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 7:48:46 AM UTC-8 Dave C wrote: > I have a different perspective. First, when I was growing up, I prized my > BMX bike and banana seat Schwinn cruiser, even though they were not > designed to travel distance like an adult Riv

Re: [RBW] Things I Feel Guilty About: Bike Life

2023-03-05 Thread Dave C
I have a different perspective. First, when I was growing up, I prized my BMX bike and banana seat Schwinn cruiser, even though they were not designed to travel distance like an adult Rivendell. Those bikes gave me freedom, and I was not capable of understanding that a "better" bike was out the

Re: [RBW] Things I Feel Guilty About: Bike Life

2023-03-04 Thread Paul Clifton
Fantastic post, Leah. Learning to empathize with tiny humans has been one of the most eye opening parts of parenthood for me. In the Google Groups editor, the little square icon with the "mountains" is how you add an inline image. The photo has to be small enough (in megabytes, not pixels) for

Re: [RBW] Things I Feel Guilty About: Bike Life

2023-03-04 Thread Doug H.
This is gold. Your boys will remember these times fondly, not sure the pup will/did but dogs don't like to be left out of anything so I bet he had fun! Good stuff. Doug On Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 9:40:18 AM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Ok, first up. > > This is the inaugural ri

[RBW] Things I Feel Guilty About: Bike Life

2023-03-04 Thread Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!
I was looking through an old photo album of my bikes. My boys were tiny, my dog was young, and my Betty Foy was sparkly and new. But you look at things through different eyes over the years, and today, I came across a couple of regrettable old photos that made me want to cry and then laugh, sim