Boy wants to cycle to school

[Herbie]

[QUOTE 2412939, member: 1314"]His bso cost £40! I'll get him an entry level - £300-£400 - bike if he persists.[/quote]

Lucky boy...my old man would never have bought me a bike...he made me get a job and save up for one.

 

[Sara_H]

Good for him! My 13 yr old step son is starting a new school next year thats around seven miles away. Our immediate suggestion was that he ride his bike and saves his bus fare for what ever, but he's dead against the idea, but he's really unfit and overweight and has to be cattle prodded into any form of physical activity.
The distance is a matter of mind over matter. My 10 year old would do it no problem, but his school is just round the corner!

 

[Kies]

[QUOTE 2413199, member: 1314"]...and sex?[/quote]

is that undesirable??????

 

[Crankarm]

Cycle to school then drive to work ...............

 

[subaqua]

is that undesirable??????

it is when u have a daughter , trust me on that one !

 

[Kookas]

I know im not 13 but i cycle 3 miles to and back from school(6th form whatever). Saves me £14 a week i can spend on drink(unlikely= parents job :P) and games mostly new cycling stuff.
I use my roadie. Focus Variado 2.0. Although I have a £80 lock for it. It some thieves tried my last lock and failed on a epic scale - twice.On both occasions they nicked someone else s bike which a poorer lock. Anyhow got a new lock and not had any trouble since. Also the coppers got the thieves so np there anymore.

I do 8 miles to sixth form, definitely the benefits are huge. Saves me £80 a month, and also saves me 5 hours a week which would otherwise be wasted waiting for buses. On top of that, there are no crying babies with lost-in-space mothers to stress you out for the whole journey.

As a bit of an insight, I would do 0.7 miles to school before, simply for the reliability factor of it. Buses being buses meant I had to leave 25 minutes early, and even that wasn't enough on occasion - the bike let me do the journey in 5, consistently and without fail.

That holds true today; I can safely leave at 7:30, knowing I'll arrive at 8. If I'm not on track, I can just speed up. It's great.

Plus, it's also a good training regimen.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Keeps them away from other less desirable attractions such as smoking,drugs & alchohol.

[QUOTE 2413199, member: 1314"]...and sex?[/quote]

Add rock and roll for a full house, although I don't get the "less desirable" bit!

 

[Bromptonaut]

No ideas on the route. Machine wise I'd let him ride the BSO until the habit is fixed then go for something like a Dawes Discovery 201. The Lad here got one of those at 15. A decent compromise between road and off road with possibility of panniers etc if he wants to load up with school stuff or roam further in touring mode.

I did promise him a half sus BSO though if he persisted in riding round 'the quarry' with mates.

 

[mcshroom]

Whatever the bike is, make sure it doesn't have knobbly tyres on it - pushing heavy off road tyres on my old rigid mtb was the reason I gave up cycling as a teenager and 15 years/9 stone later I dearly wish I hadn't.

 

[fossyant]

Son back on bike today after I left his lock in North Wales last week. Certainly eases my wife's day as son finishes later than my daughter, so when on his bike he can get home under own steam (usually via the sweet shop).