Today I bought a toy for the boy an I, a Dahon Mu XL folding bicycle, Dahon’s premier city biking folder. Then I bought the boy a Bellelli Clever Duck bicycle seat that cantilevers off the seat stem and allows him to ride with me. I was so excited about it that I wanted to wake him up from his sleep to take him on a ride. Only two things prevented me: 1) angry mother 2) I haven’t got him a helmet yet.
So Saturday we’ll get a helmet for little bugger and then go off for rides… The botanical gardens are nearby, our favorite french bakery, orchard road, etc. etc. It should be terrific fun.
On the ‘practical’ side, I can ride my bike to work now, and if I am not in the mood to ride home, simply fold it up, toss in the taxi, and fetch a ride home.
The bike is really elegant, like my Fujita folding kayak. It’s slightly different than the photo shown. Mine has a parallelogram shock-absorbing seat based on some elastomer plugs. As well, the front wheel hub is a high-efficiency dynamo that powers a tiny Hella light on the front.
I chose this model over others because it has a mostly-closed chain system, simple, strong V-brakes (as opposed to always-problematic disc brakes), and most importantly, a sealed 6-speed hub, instead of deraillers that will get knocked out of alignment easily and smear grease everywhere.
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That is most awesome.
If mom is down to her last nerve,
toss the boy on the bike and vanish for an hour or two.
You might consider getting a little bell for him to ring so he can help signal turns.
When you go buy your bell, be sure to get him a whistle too. Perhaps a nice stick to hold so he can beat you on your head while you pedal. roflmao. Now let’s see? Where can I get the Fisher Price Marching Band? lol
i’m glad to see you’ve grown from our early bike experience and have gotten him a helmet & extra seat…bmx handlebars are not comfortable and balancing on them is not easy. It’s funny that you wanted to run in and wake him up-a couple of years ago i bought a woman’s mountain bike off my friend, so we could ride together. that first night i was so excited that we biked around detroit until almost eleven at night. my friend had to beg me to come back home-i was like, ‘hello? streelights!’ haha-you and shannon would’ve ridden with me until dawn.
p.s.-does singapore have rosebushes? remember-don’t buy him a new pair of shoes the same week as a new bike!
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