The Grandkids were content with the bikes I had built for them last year when they were just here to visit. Now that they've moved back I thought we'd get them bikes that were probably cooler by their standards and I wouldn't care if they beat them up.
So... as much as I hated to do it, today we bought bikes for them at the big chain store instead of supporting our lbs. Buying 3 of them and at the kids age I just couldn't justify buying better, more expensive bikes. I still feel guilty though.

I see an older gentleman riding this nice middleweight cruiser around town quite a bit. Finally spotted it stopped and snapped this crappy cell phone pic.

In an attempt to teach the Grand-Daughter to ride, she, myself and the 2 Grand-Sons went to the park so she could coast down a hill to practice balancing on the bike.

Grandkids and their new helmets.

My Mother and Daughter went shopping the other day and came back with this plate for me.

In the spirit of St Patrick's Day here are all the green bikes we own or have owned

Yesterday for the 5th year I rode in the big city's St Patrick's Parade along with the bike club. As has been the tradition I rode the "Bronco Bike" which always gets a lot of laughs and finger points. It's quite the challenge to ride this bike at a slow pace, in a crowd while snapping photos, handing out candy and trying to keep the beard and hat straight. Nova, Mom, Dad, Daughter and Grandkids all watched the parade.
Following the parade Nova, myself and our Daughter rode around with the bike bunch. While one establishment was offering free Irish stew, we opted instead to ride to a Mexican restaurant for lunch.

Bike club in the parade...

My bicycle buddies (Grandsons) along with their Mother and Sister have moved back home after their 2.5 year Alaska adventure. Today the boys, Great Grandpa and I went for a 5 mile ride.