(a comment in another thread inspired this post).
So, lots of little kids had a pushbike when they were super young, before they learned to ride a real bicycle. If you're unfamiliar with a pushbike, these look like regular bikes but without pedals. So basically a kid gets on one of these bikes and uses his legs to power it forward. Great idea for tuckering out Junior. Anyway...
I was noticing that in various places around the world they have pushbike races. These are races for little kids where they compete against each other, usually on some kind of a course set up in a parking lot with cones for obstacles. Okay, cool, makes sense, right?
Well, we should know that parents are not gonna' leave it that simple. No, their kid not only has to race, but has to WIN! Right? So, just having pushbike races was not enough. Next, they started having pushbike "training" classes where Mario Andretti of the pushbike world shows your kid how to race to WIN! But not even that was good enough.
Enter the pushbike trainer.
Yes, as unbelievable as it may sound, there is such a device in existence (and not just one of them either). These are basically a treadmill on the back end, where the kid's feet go, and the front part has a bracket to hold the front wheel pushbike in place. Now you can put Junior on the pushbike trainer for 40 minutes, doing timed sprints, or long distance, so the kid can become the Lance Armstrong of the pushbike world!
But maybe the parents forgot one small detail. Everyone gets a trophy now days. Well, most places anyway.
So, lots of little kids had a pushbike when they were super young, before they learned to ride a real bicycle. If you're unfamiliar with a pushbike, these look like regular bikes but without pedals. So basically a kid gets on one of these bikes and uses his legs to power it forward. Great idea for tuckering out Junior. Anyway...
I was noticing that in various places around the world they have pushbike races. These are races for little kids where they compete against each other, usually on some kind of a course set up in a parking lot with cones for obstacles. Okay, cool, makes sense, right?
Well, we should know that parents are not gonna' leave it that simple. No, their kid not only has to race, but has to WIN! Right? So, just having pushbike races was not enough. Next, they started having pushbike "training" classes where Mario Andretti of the pushbike world shows your kid how to race to WIN! But not even that was good enough.
Enter the pushbike trainer.
Yes, as unbelievable as it may sound, there is such a device in existence (and not just one of them either). These are basically a treadmill on the back end, where the kid's feet go, and the front part has a bracket to hold the front wheel pushbike in place. Now you can put Junior on the pushbike trainer for 40 minutes, doing timed sprints, or long distance, so the kid can become the Lance Armstrong of the pushbike world!
But maybe the parents forgot one small detail. Everyone gets a trophy now days. Well, most places anyway.