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my 9 year old just transitioned from a 24 wheel kids bike to a small 27.5 rockhopper. here’s a clip of him at the neighborhood park working on some skills. his favorite trail is peddlers at brushy. IMG_4478.MP4

She survived her first front wheel washout today and did over 3 miles of Peddlers Pass! This makes 3 out of the last 4 Saturdays she's begged to ride.

Finally got some people interested to build something on a property on the east side. They build every wednesday at 4pm https://www.facebook.com/groups/402159814477253 Also have a fundraiser going https://www.facebook.com/donate/426085145044424 east_austin_bike_park We are fortunate enough to have a land owner benefactor dedicated to making sure Austin has a progressive skills park. He has committed to match $3000.00. Not one single penny will ever go to those of us working. This is strictly a volunteer based project. All funds will go towards the following: (2) Shipping Containers, lumber and metal for platforms, railing, lips, and skid steer rentals. If any local business’ are looking to sponsor a feature or line, we would love to chat with them on the phone.

She blends right in with the limestone around lake gtown Sent from my SM-A115AZ using Tapatalk

Fox terrier for the win

I was the fellow on the Chumba a couple of turns behind you on Peddler's. That kid rides pretty fast!

Great thread! Here's my oldest at 5 last fall. Shortly after this ride she decided her helmet didn't feel right so she's barely ridden her bike since.

Rode almost 6 miles today with my 6yo. Started at Fern Bluff El. Rode down the stone canyon rough descent, then along the BCRT to Ankle biter. Walked the beginning with her and rode the rest. Then back to the BCRT at Champion and up the dam (walked a bit) and then played in the creek next to Mulligan. Had my wife pick us up from the skate park (as planned).

This thread is awesome. Allow me to introduce my little guy. 2 yrs 3 months coming down the alley at my brothers in Dallas this past weekend. IMG_1020.MP4

Ok, once again my little dude surprised me today. We were heading to Brushy to ride and when we get there he discovered he forgot his helmet and Camelbak at home. So we turned around and headed back the house. Once home, he talks me into changing bikes and riding over to the WC pump track to play around. I escort him over there, get him situated and then take off for a short lap of Windy/Servere/BMX. When I get back he said he's got something to show me.....holy cr@p! I sorta panicked inside when I first saw him hit this jump!

It really needs to be done away with.

That's where the arguments are going to happen. Early morning people will want standard time, everyone else will want DST. I say just have a vote and whichever one wins, keep it.

On board. So long as we ditch Standard Time and keep DST.

Her speed has steadily increased. Following her on single-track used to be a 1st/2nd gear crawl for me. By the end of our ride yesterday I realized I was actually going at a casual pace and sometimes even falling behind, awesome to see progress!

Post-ride refreshments. Draft Shiner Bock in a frosted mug for washing down some oysters ranchero.

This made me LOL...cuz its true. You shouldn't get too bothered, all of this setup would be done while waiting on you to catch up. 🙂

Drive side for all of you picture snobs!

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His voice reminds me of when Johnny Cash's voice was noticeably older sounding when he did the work with Rick Rubin and during his American album series , Sad but awesome Yes I know he is 87

RIP Billy Joe Shaver and Jerry Jeff Walker in less than a week

Life360 alerted my wife when I had the close encounter with a truck. It also alerts when "hard acceleration detected" when driving...but she knows that's par for the course for me.

You're welcome.

...Then Northpark in Allison Park, PA (northern Pittsburgh) They have a fun little skills park there and my 6 year old without warning said he wanted to hit "The Drop Line" and dropped in. It's a run with progressively larger drops mostly to flat with the first one being about a 1.5' drop. He STOMPED the first one and I couldn't believe it. He decided (wisely) not to continue with the larger drops, but I was super proud. My 8 year old surprised me on how good he has gotten on climbs. He just settles in to a groove and scrambles up and over rocks and roots to calmly wait for his brother and I at the top. Great days on bikes!

In the past month, we've been able to travel to Bentonville and Pittsburgh with the bikes. My boys have progressed significantly in both places. The Runway Bike Park at the Jones Center in Springdale AR, wish I could post the video.

My turn. Here's my 13.5 year old. I didn't teach him anything. If anything, he is teaching me a proper J-hop (even got flat pedals for my bike): Here is the dismount: He also saved up and bought that bike himself. (I bought him his mountain bike.) I highly recommend getting a proper BMX bike for your kids if they do a lot of jumps and such around the neighborhood. They are much more stout than a MTB. You'll save money on tubes, tires, wheels, gears, etc. I think we've done quite a bit of Brushy including 1/4, Snow White and of course his favorites picnic (he does the drops) and Peddlers.

kids skills area off Sam Walton Blvd. My 5yo had a lot of fun and got to ride most of All American and some of the new wooden roller features in "phase 2"

Kids are friggin awesome sometimes^ Not exactly MTB, but got my youngest back on the bike after an 18 month hiatus. Had some re configuring to get it back to a normal bike, but we did and now she's all about that singlespeed life😁