12 years old and 67 miles!!

[steveindenmark]

It wont be long before you hate him

 

[biggs682]

I'm hoping I can do 12 miles when I'm 67

Same here

Well done to your son @Cathryn

 

[DCLane]

Chapeau to him, particularly with luggage.

Son no. 2 completed a 125-mile ride at 12 BUT that was without kit and tucked in a large group.

I reckon 67 with kit's harder.

 

[theloafer]

'Chapeau ' young man

 

[Cathryn]

Chapeau to him, particularly with luggage.

Son no. 2 completed a 125-mile ride at 12 BUT that was without kit and tucked in a large group.

I reckon 67 with kit's harder.

If my son is as keen and fast as yours when he’s older, I will be utterly thrilled!

 

[Hebe]

Is this the same son that did the mini Wiltshire tour between lockdowns? That’s a big next step 🏆

 

[Cathryn]

Is this the same son that did the mini Wiltshire tour between lockdowns? That’s a big next step 🏆

Yes!! Same boy! Levelled up!

 

[Time Waster]

Well that's good. Our son was shaping up to be heading that way until covid stopped our foreign tours. Cue my self indulgent praise of our son.

At 4.5 years old he managed 30 plus miles in a day then when seagulls ate our dinner we had a 10 mile round trip for an open supermarket. He was on occasion attached to a followme tandem but most days that was a real battle.

The thing was the school term afterwards his headteacher collared us to let us know he'd been telling some wild tales of his cycle touring holidays. He was asking us to try and stop him telling lies. We asked how far he'd said he'd cycled and the head said 20 miles. With great pleasure we corrected that to 30 miles and one 40 mile day. Loved the look on the head's face with that. From that moment on our son was the cycling star.

This year is our first tour for three years and today was about 15 miles across Islay into the wind and he's been stopping every 15 minutes. He's 9.5 years old now. The lack of overseas touring and his subsequent loss in interest in cycling means he's struggling. It'll take another Belgium trip to get his interest back I think. We didn't think a foreign trip is a good idea this year hence Scotland. Not really working for him I think

 

[Pat "5mph"]

This year is our first tour for three years and today was about 15 miles across Islay into the wind and he's been stopping every 15 minutes. He's 9.5 years old now.

Can't really blame the boy: I did it with a group average age 40, we were stopping every 15 minutes!
One of us got blown into a ditch

 

[davidphilips]

Well done Arthur, can not get either of my sons into cycling, so a bit of envy here with arthur cycling 67 miles and looking like he could do another 67 or more tomorrow and enjoy it.

 

[Thorn Sherpa]

Well done thats some going that think the furthest id travel on a bike at that age was about 20ish miles

 

[Peter Salt]

Install one of those old tyre-on dynamos to charge your phones. That ought to slow him down

 

[cyberknight]

Can't really blame the boy: I did it with a group average age 40, we were stopping every 15 minutes!
One of us got blown into a ditch

sounds like my last group ride when a touch of wheels in windy conditions sent me into a ditch , ribs still sore 2 weeks later .
Great work for a 12 year old. i wish mini ck would show a bit more enthusiasm but this weeks excuse is " its a bit warm" so our rides are glorified pootles to a cake stop if we go at all

 

[HobbesOnTour]

Well done to Arthur!
Has the thought crossed your mind that he's just trying to get away from his folks to go and have some "real fun"?

 

[Toshiba Boy]

Only just seen this, BIG CHAPEAU Arthur (cool name too)!