Austen's First Bike

For Austen's 4th birthday, my parents bought him his first bike. Since his birthday is in January, he didn't really get much of a chance to try it out for a few months save the short rides in our family room trying to get used to the pedals. So when summer arrived, we figured it was time to get out the bike and see if he could really ride it.

We go on lots of walks together as a family thanks to Adler so Austen had a lot of opportunities to try out his bike. So as summer approached we figured it was time. He struggled at first getting the hang of the pedals and I wasn't sure he was going to make it around our traditional mile and a half loop that we do for Adler's walk. But he kept trying and the more he tried, the better he got at pedaling. Yes, one of his pedals fell off (I don't know what he does to them because he also lost a pedal on his Big Wheel) but that didn't really deter him from wanting to ride his bike.

He really did great once he got going. He still needs some work on braking as you can see in the video but I can hardly believe that my first born can ride his own bike and in the city nonetheless. That's a lot more of a challenge with busy streets and alleys than suburban riding! Check out my little Lance Armstrong.