Yesterday the Grand-sons and I trucked our bikes to the big city where we rode on the Arkansas River Path and in to the Historic Delano District for lunch. It was chilly and windy but we toughed it out and had a good time.

Video...

Eldest Grandson Ethan likes to ride my 26" wheeled bikes instead of his own 20". He can ride the bigger bikes but I don't know how safely he could stop or dis-mount in a hurry. I told him we'd look for a 24" frame and build it for him.

I put out the word I was looking for a 24" frame and a friend offered up one he found in his stash. Thanks Dave!

I've been told the bikes is a Roadmaster. Here's how we received it yesterday.



After cutting off the bent rusted in place fork.



Unbeknownst to me until I went to unload the above photos from the camera, the Grand-daughter had filmed us mocking up the bike.



Today we finished putting it together and he took it for a test ride. This fork is messed up so we'll have to get another. The bike will be painted eventually.

Today I went back to the car show taking the 2 Grand-Sons. Blake never met a car he didn't like. Ethan's favorite was a Lamborghini.


All car photos here.


Bike photos here.

Video I took of just some of the bikes...

I went riding with the Grand-Kids for the first time since sometime before Blake's surgery.

This morning with the boys.



This afternoon with the girl.



Can you figure out what I did in-between rides?

Grandson Blake is now home and recovering from his surgery. I was commenting to him that I wondered when he would be going back to school and be able to ride a bike. He said he had already asked the doctors before leaving the hospital if he could ride and they said it would be ok and just be sure to wear a helmet.

Yesterday he had to go back to get a tube removed from his stomach which turned out to be a painful ordeal. Hopefully that's the last of the trauma for a while.

I can't help but laugh at him as he walks around in his pajamas, hunched over like a frail little old man. I'm sure he'll be bouncing off the walls again real soon.

Maybe we'll try riding a little bit this weekend. What a tough little guy.

Today two of the Grand-Kids and I rode to a nearby field to throw around the football that Ethan got for his recent birthday (check out his epic punt here). Later in the day I rode around town looking for some fall color but the strong wind had stripped most of the trees.

Haven't had anytime to ride as of late. I had planned to take the 2 Grand-Sons to ride the local rail-to-trail last weekend but Blake went to the ER on Friday and ended up having surgery on Sunday. A week later he's still in the hospital recovering. His surgery hopefully fixed a very painful issue that he's dealt with for several years. It's unbelievable what this kid has endured.
We've been spending a lot of time at the hospital and watching the other Grand-kids. I thought I might take the other Grand-Son riding tomorrow but the wind today is ridiculous and forecast-ed to be the same tomorrow.