Birthday Bike

Way back in November, for his birthday, Fuzuki got a brand new bicycle. Until then he had be motoring around on a tricycle with hard plastic wheels, a bucket seat, and a steering lock, so this was a definite step up:



Equipped with training wheels and a push bar (definite must have item) we hit the street in style on cruises around the neighbourhood and to the park. The first month was mostly just steering practice. You'd never guess how hard it was to get him to actually look WHERE HE WAS GOING, rather than at whatever random object was on the ground around him.

In early January we started pedaling and steering at the same time. This was a steep learning curve to get over, but in the last week or so he has mastered the pedals, in combination with steering. All that's left now is teaching him how to BRAKE!!! Yeah this bike has hand brakes, but his hands are barely big enough to reach, and with gloves on in winter its twice as hard.

Looks like I'll still be "the brakes" for a while. Will keep you updated.