7 year old Daughter has first big off...atta girl.

[Lazy-Commuter]

Glad to hear that she made the correct decision re: curb or car!

.. and had the presence of mind to make it in that split second!!

Kudos to you for giving her some independence: it's hard, isn't it? We've just started in the last year to let the elder Little-LC (now 8yo - "and a half, daddy, and a half!!") out and about with some of the bigger kids from our road, in particular the brace of sensible-for-their-age 14yos.

Like you, we're in a cul de sac but we're off a quiet lane that leads to fields and orchards approx 400 yards away. So once we were sure that Little-LC could handle the limited local traffic that uses the lane we let her out with them.

 

[magnatom]

Glad she is ok, and alert enough to make an excellent split second decision.

Have you thought of putting a helmet camera on her?....

 

[andyfromotley]

Glad she is ok, and alert enough to make an excellent split second decision.

Have you thought of putting a helmet camera on her?....

Damn! might tape the cam corder to her helmet and get her to re-enact it tonight!

Thanks for all your concern, shes sore today but no lasting damage.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Never mind her... how's the bike?

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

Damn! might tape the cam corder to her helmet and get her to re-enact it tonight!

Thanks for all your concern, shes sore today but no lasting damage.

If you're going to all the trouble of re-enacting it, you should get several cameras so you can get full coverage and make a proper film out of it. At least that way she'll have some decent footage to show her mates ...

Not sure how it works for girls, but our neighbour's son (10yo at the time) was coolest in the school for a while after setting a new speed record of 27.4mph (as recorded by his cycle computer, verified by his dad's) a fraction of a second before dropping his front wheel into a big hole* and cartwheeling down the track they were on, breaking both his wrist and collar bone in the process.

* Yep, too busy checking his speed.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Its amazing, if you and your children both cycle you tend to worry about them on the roads whatever their age. My eldest is 26, no longer lives at home, cycles to and from work and does the occasional long ride. I taught him to ride and tried to instill, successfully I hope, some road sense but I still often find myself worrying about him being on the road.

 

[atbman]

Where is that based?

Bradford, West Yorkshire. Go-Ride and Clubmark registered club, East Bradford CC