Ahh...those summer days...

Last night, I biked with my 7 year old to the rock gym to climb, the sidewalks were hard-packed and plowed. Easy riding, though I expect it will be a little more challenging now that it has snowed, especially after the streets get plowed but before the sidewalks do. Happily, riding with kids in the winter isn’t too much of a challenge, except maybe mentally. When my boy was 4, I pulled him most of the winter in his chariot to daycare, before and after work. When he was in kindergarten, and had graduated to the trail-a-bike, I used the bus and foot to get him from school in the winter because I didn’t manage to get the studded tires on my bike that winter…don’t ask me why. This year he is in first grade. I have my studded tires on. The trail-a-bike doesn’t have a studded tire, and at first I was nervous about that, but it doesn’t seem to be a problem at all. Soft trails can be a bit more of a challenge because of the extra weight I am pulling, but I can make it up all of the midtown/downtown hills with just a little extra effort. Next year maybe he’ll graduate to his own bike with studded tires, but for now this is the quickest way to commute by bike. Continue reading »