Single Track Flyers

This summer our granddaughter joined a Monday night group mountain bike group for all ages.

The youngest use pedal-less strider bikes, which are must easier and faster for young children to use that the old-fashioned tricycle.

The kids are divided into groups by age and ability with coaches for each group.  Seeing this group I couldn't help but think how times have changed.  No one would have thought of organizing such a group when I was a kid.  We all rode bikes every day just to get around.  There were no mountain bikes or single tracks, but we explored logging roads and went camping with our bikes.  We generally spent most of our time outdoors in the summertime because there were no video games or internet then.

Lining up

...and heading out.....

...onto the single track.

When the coach says "red light" you stop, and when she says "green light" you go.

Once the kids learn the proper swinging gait, they can really move on these striders.

The green shirt group.

Dinosaurs.

One of the drills had the kids negotiate a course marked with cones.

Starting the course with a determined look.