Lilley
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I never noticed this thread here before, great stuff. Good luck and congrats to everyone.
I have two boys, Hamish (3years) and Jasper (19months). Both good kids.
It certainly changes your life, and initially it can be hard to go to events and ride the way you used.
However the time flies by. Before long they have little bikes and can start cruising around the park with you. I ride trials so I often take the oldest boy riding with us. He has a kick along bike and can keep up no worries. He also had his first ride at one of our trials comps a few weekends back.
When Hamish was about 1 I used to put him in a backpack and go out working on some trails I was building at the time. We even once built a jump called sleeping baby jump because he was asleep in his pack in the middle of the singletrack while we built it.
If you want to live a particular lifestyle you have to get your kids used to it, start taking them to events early, then they get used to the noise and the outdoors. Get a trailer so you can take them on rides. Get a trials bike, BMX or a jump bike so you can play around in the back yard with them.
You might find you can no longer be 100% involved in your riding like you used to but I reckon it is pretty easy to stay 80% involved. Mostly your involvement with riding changes rather then disappearing.
[video=youtube;IyePUDDg1o8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyePUDDg1o8[/video]
I have two boys, Hamish (3years) and Jasper (19months). Both good kids.
It certainly changes your life, and initially it can be hard to go to events and ride the way you used.
However the time flies by. Before long they have little bikes and can start cruising around the park with you. I ride trials so I often take the oldest boy riding with us. He has a kick along bike and can keep up no worries. He also had his first ride at one of our trials comps a few weekends back.
When Hamish was about 1 I used to put him in a backpack and go out working on some trails I was building at the time. We even once built a jump called sleeping baby jump because he was asleep in his pack in the middle of the singletrack while we built it.
If you want to live a particular lifestyle you have to get your kids used to it, start taking them to events early, then they get used to the noise and the outdoors. Get a trailer so you can take them on rides. Get a trials bike, BMX or a jump bike so you can play around in the back yard with them.
You might find you can no longer be 100% involved in your riding like you used to but I reckon it is pretty easy to stay 80% involved. Mostly your involvement with riding changes rather then disappearing.
[video=youtube;IyePUDDg1o8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyePUDDg1o8[/video]
haha Good to see he's getting into it early! I'm really looking forward to teaching my kids all about riding. I reckon they'll have a push bike like that before they can walk! 
