Bike riding...

Yesterday Cameron and I wandered out into the garage to see if we could get the bike Jess and Liz got for Mike up and running, a bike Mike kept refering to as 'The Deathtrap'. (No, we didn't prompt him in anyway.) We filled the tires and adjusted the handle bars on it only to find out it's a little too big for Mike, maybe next year for that one.

Cameron adjusted the seat and handle bars on his old bike so he could ride it, then we took the training wheels off. We spent about half an hour yesterday making him ride to in the field by the part, back and fourth. He couldn't start out by him self and only made a few short spurts before he had to stop and try to restart. He was having a hell of a problem with steering the bike, mostly due to his inability to watch where he was going. (He is always more concerned with what other people are doing rather then what he is doing.)

After getting home from my parents house he decided he wanted to go ride his bike again, which is a good sign, normally we have to force him onto it. So, I got it out of the garage and let him get on it. After a short argument about him starting off with out any help, which he said was 'impossible'. I gave him a hand starting the first time and he took off for the park, after about 5 feet he tipped over...

We made it down far enough to cross the road by where the other sidewalk start, and then he got back on and took off with no help, and rode all the way to the park before falling over again. We spent about 45 mins out there with him riding back and fourth. He can now start and stop with no help, and go mostly in a straight line. He still needs a lot of work on the turning and the balancing, but he can make it from the end of the side walk to the park in one shot with no help. By the end of next week he should be riding like an expert.

Tomorrow I'll try to take some pictures, and if I can find the cord I might even post them.