{"id":249,"date":"2011-08-26T15:32:44","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T19:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/2011\/08\/26\/learning-to-ride-a-bike"},"modified":"2011-08-26T15:32:44","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T19:32:44","slug":"learning-to-ride-a-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/?p=249","title":{"rendered":"learning to ride a bike"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here’s another story of “the kids these days have it so easy, when I was a kid…  <grumble grumble grumble><\/p>\n

  For e’s 5th birthday, we got her a bike and scooter.  Finding a bike isn’t as easy as it seems.  Sizing is now based on the diameter of the wheel, so in her case, a 16″ bike is apparently the right size.  When I was a kid <grin> it was “hey let me borrow your bike and see if I can reach the pedals!”<\/p>\n

  There’s also a wide range of bikes to consider… Tinkerbell bike, princess bike, Bratz bike, cream soda bike, etc.  When did bikes become cross promotional marketing material?  When I was a kid- it used to be “girl bike or boy bike?”  “1 speed, 3 speed, or 10 speed?”<\/p>\n

  We also had to get her a helmet, elbow, knee, and hand protection.  Ok, I understand the safety aspect.  It saved her from tears after falling- the pads did their job and took the scrape instead of her knees and elbows.  <\/p>\n

  I learned to ride a bike being pushed down a gravel alley… no helmet or pads, no training wheels, and needless to say I fell and got scraped up pretty good.  I remember picking bits of gravel out of my scraped up elbow\/knees, pushing my bike back up the alley and trying again.  Maybe part of the motivation of learning to ride quickly (without protection) is that falling hurts so I better master this quickly!  <\/p>\n

  I’m sure it’s more sheer luck, but I’ve done so many stupid things on my bike (without a helmet) that it’s a miracle I didn’t break my head or any bones… and become a poster child for the pro-helmet supporters.  But it’s a different world now, and if I can spare my kid a scraped knee or a bonk on the head, then that’s a good thing.<\/p>\n

  I’ve taken e out a few times, and each time she’s gotten better and stronger.  I just might be able to bring my bike out and ride around with her instead of trying to chase her around.  There are a few things for her to master however, and near the top of the list is to never let go of the handlebars, even if there is a wasp flying by you! \t\t \t \t\t <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s another story of “the kids these days have it so easy, when I was a kid…  <grumble grumble grumble>   For e’s 5th birthday, we got her a bike and scooter.  Finding a bike isn’t as easy as it seems.  Sizing is now based on the diameter of the wheel, so in her case, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}