http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Cyclist up....for a change! A feel good thread. en Fri, 22 May 2026 09:21:05 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12847#post-154270 Thu, 22 May 2014 09:39:28 +0000 SRD 154270@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My 3 y.o. learned to ride his bike last week - he has remarkable balance if not much sense of direction. he also needs to work on pedaling up hill. We'll get him stokering as soon as i get my crank-shorteners back from Laidback....</p> <p>But it is a lovely feeling that we can now go places as a family with everyone under their own power/contributing to our progress. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12847#post-154255 Thu, 22 May 2014 08:17:32 +0000 fimm 154255@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have (finally) got a new bike to replace my dead road bike. This is A Good Thing.<br /> :o) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12847#post-154218 Wed, 21 May 2014 18:14:42 +0000 sallyhinch 154218@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Big smile from me too. </p> <p>My mum is also a carer for my dad. A couple of years ago, I took her along to Laid Back to try a Paperbike which she bought (she needed something with a very low step through frame). It took her a couple of months to get used to it, but she now gets out 3 or 4 times a week for a 20 minute bike ride around Duns and it's part of what's keeping her sane. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12847#post-154209 Wed, 21 May 2014 15:36:41 +0000 amir 154209@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>:) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12847#post-154206 Wed, 21 May 2014 14:52:29 +0000 Instography 154206@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That is nice to hear. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12847#post-154204 Wed, 21 May 2014 14:45:34 +0000 SRD 154204@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>at the risk of sounding trite 'thanks for sharing'</p> <p>Big smile here on reading that - much needed as surrounded by stacks of exams needing to be marked. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12847#post-154203 Wed, 21 May 2014 14:31:50 +0000 Pocopiglet 154203@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At last I managed out on a bike today and I enjoyed it SO much! I am still a carer for my dad and the Scenery Watcher (sadly my mum died last March) but time is a bit more flexible and I have bought a cheap folding bike to keep in the car so that I can have a wee shot any chance I get. I am somewhat limited in free time due to drop off and collection of SW ( activities 3 days a week 10-3.30, &amp; at home rest of time) and duties for Dad, so wee pootles will be the limit of it just now. I feel so much better after just a short ride on the wee bike and am fired with enthusiasm now. If I can wangle a bit more free time I might even get the full size bike out of the shed for a longer ride. Happy, happy, happy! </p>