Our Latest Family Activity

We decided to buy Bikes and a Child Trailer as a new activity for our family. The bikes will be handy in many ways...a. Joel can ride to work, b. I can have an early morning ride, c. during the day I can take both boys along, or d. we can all go together. The roads in our town are so wide and fairly quiet that we don't mind riding on the road; but if we were in a larger city we would be seeking out any available bike paths. All 4 of us have been twice already; and we had such a great time! Jonathan even fell asleep, and Joshua sang cheery little songs. =) 

We think it was well-worth the money because bike riding combines 

family time + being outdoors + exercise + conversation.

Below are pictures with the style of bikes we bought...

Men's Giant Cypress 3 2012 Hybrid Bike

:: A hybrid bike is a cross between a Mountain Bike and a Road Bike, I believe. ::

Women's Giant Cypress 3W 2011 Hybrid Bike

:: I haven't had a 'proper' ladies bike before; and so I was very happy to find it was really quite easy to ride a ladies bike with a skirt. Obviously, it would be impractical to ride with a really long skirt; but I tried out my new bike with several different styles, and none of them have even come close to getting caught in the chain. So that was encouraging, as I wanted the freedom of  being able to ride my bike - without having to change the way I prefer to dress. ::

Weehoo Buggy Trailer 

This trailer fits one or two children, and they are strapped in with a 5 point harness each. It also converts to a 'pram' so that you can unhitch it from the bike and walk along pushing it. As shown above.

Click HERE to see photos...

Until next time! Beth