After Niels' soccer game this morning I left the boys at home with Erik and rode over to REI so they could look at my handlebars. The two people at the bike shop that I showed the handle problem to gasped when I twisted the handles while holding the wheel. It wasn't very comforting. I made it there all in one piece though and they were able to ( Read more... )

I wasn't able to bike to school this morning. The handlebars need to be tightened first because yesterday when I was riding Niels home from school (with Stefan on too), I turned the handlebars and they turned by the wheel didn't. We were going very slowly, which I think was part of the problem but was also good, because the bike fell over. Everyone ( Read more... )

I biked Niels to school on the WitteBeest (white beast) this morning. He was excited to be able to talk to me while I was riding, I think. He kept pointing stuff out. He is getting used to the fact that a bike tilts a bit when you ride it. Maybe this will help him warm up to the idea of taking his training wheels off. He hasn't wanted to in the ( Read more... )

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I picked up my Electra Townie Xtracycle from REI today. I ordered it directly from Xtracycle and they had it delivered to REI to put it together. Isn't it sweet?


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