justin_o_guy2
Serious Thumper
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What happened?
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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You might be ahead to strip the bike and hang the frame on a wall in his bedroom and tell him when he has the money for a replacement, then he rides. It might have saved me some pain if, when I destroyed a bicycle in a crash, I had been walking a while. I only suffered the pain of the crash. I had another bike ready to ride about the time I was healed up enough to go play. My attitudes didn't change. Maybe nothing would have changed them, I don't know.. but busting your butt to give him the opportunity to have fun is one thing, fun can be had at less than breakneck speed, or, so I've heard...Didn't work for me, And I have the damage to prove it. How crazy was I?I had a three speed, twenty six inch, Sears Austrian racer. The guys were having a little jump competition, coupla judges, watching landings, moving a rock, inches gained,, and I got enough of it. Went to the end of the cul de sac, started running on the pedals, thru the gears, a ditch was the launch, down inches leaving the road, up a couple of feet on the back side. Threw me off the seat, hands clinging to the bars, upside down, head thrown back, to see where i was going, and I was looking down at the top bar of a swingset. The tire hit about a foot ahead of two swings I went between. I was rigid, stomach hit the seat, feet didn't hit dirt.. And I didn't crash. And we never had a jump contest again. The bike that was destroyed was from not being able to complete a turn. Went off a twelvish foot cliff. That , I only remember leaving flat dirt, and waking up once as the guys were dragging me thru a fence, musta been out for at least half an hour.. I don't know if anyone could have corralled the reckless streak... At least you have a kid who has an adventurous heart, and doesn't sit and play stupid video games all day. I'm sick of driving around and not seeing kids out doing things. It's RARE to see a few boys on bicycles, heading out to do stuff..
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