the next generation of commuter

[subaqua]

well my eldest has passed level 2 of bikeability. apperently she cant take level 3 till she is 11 , but the instructor/assesor said she would have passed !!



nice to see her school doing something good for green travel and healthy living. she is currently whizzing around the locale on her bike before she rides to swimming club ( hmmm if i get her running i could have an olympic triatlete champ ) makes me proud

 

[Thompson]

Well done to your daugher first of all. I think it's great that schools are doing things like this. The only thing my school did was one little road safety thing in which we went round the playground doing arm signals.

You should start pushing her towards a running club!

 

[downfader]

Good kid! I still remember my Cycling Proficiency class and the little red cones. My little cousin was like that, overacheiver.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

You have every right to feel proud. I'm already thinking about how to get my granddaughter onto a bike and she's only 10 months old. There's no point in leaving it till it's too late...

 

[Digital_Cowboy]

You have every right to feel proud. I'm already thinking about how to get my granddaughter onto a bike and she's only 10 months old. There's no point in leaving it till it's too late...

I'd suggest finding the smallest bike you can. Remove the pedals from the cranks and dropping the seat as low as you can make it. She can push it alone with her feet and learn how to balance herself, and eventually move up to a "big girl" bike as she get's older.

 

[david1701]

I'd suggest finding the smallest bike you can. Remove the pedals from the cranks and dropping the seat as low as you can make it. She can push it alone with her feet and learn how to balance herself, and eventually move up to a "big girl" bike as she get's older.

they call em balance bikes, no bb at all and tiny little wheels, my niece loves hers at 2

My bigger nieces school don't do bikeability at all till year 6 (11 I think) and then its a bit micky mouse. However she's 9 and coming out on the clubs slow ride in half an hour

 

[abo]

they call em balance bikes, no bb at all and tiny little wheels, my niece loves hers at 2

My bigger nieces school don't do bikeability at all till year 6 (11 I think) and then its a bit micky mouse. However she's 9 and coming out on the clubs slow ride in half an hour

My 2 year old loves his!

He is a BIG 2 year old, he is starting to have a little pedal-less ride on his next bike, a little Raleigh hand-me-down that my eldest started on but he still likes his balance bike as it is lighter and he can scoot like mad on it. It *does* work for balance training, my road is on a slight incline and is nearly a mile long. He can go from end to end, and the only time he needs to put his feet down is when he stops at junctions.

Speaking of my eldest and bikeability, I'd just been looking at my local council website and it seems they start at Y5 (9-10?) here, and my lad is 7. However I did note they do 'training for members of the public' for a small charge so I've just emailed them to find out the details. I think he is ready, though that hat he is wearing is a bit hmm

 

[Jezston]

well my eldest has passed level 2 of bikeability. apperently she cant take level 3 till she is 11 , but the instructor/assesor said she would have passed !!



nice to see her school doing something good for green travel and healthy living. she is currently whizzing around the locale on her bike before she rides to swimming club ( hmmm if i get her running i could have an olympic triatlete champ ) makes me proud

Question out of curiosity - have you talked to other parents at her school about this? How much "oh it's our great kids riding to school" do you get compared to "oh God no never let them ride to school keep them in the land rover"?

 

[abo]

Question out of curiosity - have you talked to other parents at her school about this? How much "oh it's our great kids riding to school" do you get compared to "oh God no never let them ride to school keep them in the land rover"?

(Hijacking the thread...)

My son has just finished infants school, to move to the juniors site across the road. The infant site had maybe four bikes parked up during the school day, two of them belonging to my kids on the three days a week they rode to school (my wife takes them the other two days and she prefers to walk) and were left on a semi-formal basis near the main entrance. They are currently in the process of building a proper bike shelter so maybe it will encourage more to be left. Quite a few kids ride to school, and their parents take the bikes away with them.

On the junior site it is a different story. They have a bike shelter with maybe 12 sheffield stands and it is always very well used.

As for adults doing the school run by bike, I seem to be almost an anomoly. Someone used to use a bike trailer but it disappeared when she had a new baby. He is a bit older now so I suspect we'll se that back out soon Other than that there is one other bike user, who for some reason rides her Raleigh to school with her kids, and then pushes it home?

E-scooters seem to be on the increase though

 

[subaqua]

Question out of curiosity - have you talked to other parents at her school about this? How much "oh it's our great kids riding to school" do you get compared to "oh God no never let them ride to school keep them in the land rover"?

school has quite a small catchment area so 75% of pupils walk to school. there are some that get driven and sadly thats by parents who don't care about any sort of safety for any child as they park on the zig zags. and not in 4x4 either tends to be the faux green in the prius or altos.

when i was on the GB we got funding secured for covered cycle racks and helmet boxes , all secured via a gate controlled by school keeper. we sold it on the healthy living angle for pupils and teachers.

if you have a good GB not a spineless lot then you can get funding for cycle stuff for teachers and pupils .

 

[abo]

if you have a good GB not a spineless lot then you can get funding for cycle stuff for teachers and pupils .

One of the governers at my kids' school is an outdoorsy type and a cyclist, and in fact owner of the aforementioned trailer I suspect this might be why they're getting new stands all of a sudden