Wheeledweenie
Über Member
- Location
- Hanwell, west London
Ha! That's nothing. When I was six my dad let go of my bike even though he promised not and when I looked round he was 300 yards behind and I was so shocked I fell off. Oh the cruelty.
Saw a 6 year old cyclist crash on the pavement tonight whilst being chased...
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jonny jeez
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chislehurst, Kent, UK
HJ said:What sort of father doesn't know the age of his son, in the title he is 6 and the thread he is 7
I just assumed the 6 year old was the other kid...BUT
...to run your own child into the ground.
..along with his only and bestest friend in the whole wide world
...then try to blame it on them untill the mum made you fess up
...then go public with it and to get his age wrong!!
tut, tut, tut.
Kid's ganna be in therepy in his teens
(are you feeling guilty enough now)
6 year old cyclists are like horses. I'm not quite sure how I should pass them. (And there's at least one on most sunny days on my bike ridecommute).
If I ting the bell 6yo is likely to turn round, forget about the whole "go in a straight line" thing, but will usually stop before they cycle into the river/their brother.
If I cycle slowly to wait for the path to widen, the parent usually notices and says something like "move over Tom! A man wants to come past!". Tom will zig-zag over the path, deciding between left and right, then settle on left. I'll pass as widely as I can, and as quickly as I can, in case Tom decides he prefers the right after all.
The other option is to whizz past giving parent and child a wide berth and no time to fall off, but that scares everyone around.
So far this year I've avoided any collisions myself, but I have seen one small boy panic and crash when his mum told him to move over, one slightly older boy crash into his friend on purpose -- "Adam! there's a bike coming the other way! I'm gonna crash!" -- and a while back I crossed a hillside t-junction just when 3 boys coming down the hill on a single BMX with no brakes did too. I swerved, they swerved, I stopped, they stopped. But I did it with brakes, and they did it by crashing into a parked police van.
If I ting the bell 6yo is likely to turn round, forget about the whole "go in a straight line" thing, but will usually stop before they cycle into the river/their brother.
If I cycle slowly to wait for the path to widen, the parent usually notices and says something like "move over Tom! A man wants to come past!". Tom will zig-zag over the path, deciding between left and right, then settle on left. I'll pass as widely as I can, and as quickly as I can, in case Tom decides he prefers the right after all.
The other option is to whizz past giving parent and child a wide berth and no time to fall off, but that scares everyone around.
So far this year I've avoided any collisions myself, but I have seen one small boy panic and crash when his mum told him to move over, one slightly older boy crash into his friend on purpose -- "Adam! there's a bike coming the other way! I'm gonna crash!" -- and a while back I crossed a hillside t-junction just when 3 boys coming down the hill on a single BMX with no brakes did too. I swerved, they swerved, I stopped, they stopped. But I did it with brakes, and they did it by crashing into a parked police van.
Joe24
More serious cyclist than Bonj
- Location
- Nottingham
JUst fly past them.
Dont worry if they are scared, they will be behind you and you wil be past them and wont see them again.
Sorted.
Dont worry if they are scared, they will be behind you and you wil be past them and wont see them again.
Sorted.
Lisa21
Mooching.............
- Location
- North Wales
Have to agree with Joe.
Da boi talks sense.
FACT.
Da boi talks sense.
FACT.
Sittingduck
Legendary Member
- Location
- Somewhere flat
How much are you paying her Joe?
