Today was the first proper outing for MiniMe’s new road bike.  Yes – eldest has been unleashed on the road.  Be afraid, be very afraid…*grin*.  Mostly of the fact that he’ll be outclassing us all in no time at all!

Andrew, of Scorpion CS fame, has put him together a lovely bike, as you can see below.  It may need a little tweaking – the stem is a bit long – but hey, the lad is constantly growing so that’s not going to be a problem for long.  Other than that it seems to fit him pretty well.

We did the Nyland Loop, which is mostly flat apart from the hills on the back road to Draycott and the on back up on to the Wedmore road.  And to avoid the main road we did the last stint home via the reservoir – probably more for my nerves than his!

He has double sided pedals for the moment, and other than one instance of accidentally clipping in on the wrong side and then not being able to unclip (we’ve all been there!) it went well.  Mind you, the large sprocket seems to be pretty sharp – poor lad has got war wounds from that.  I think they’re for bragging about though ;).

Anyway, apart from that he did a grand job.  There’s work to be done on his road sense, and so on, but that’ll all come with practice and experience.  The bike itself however seems to be working pretty well, and he had a great time.  He even ate a couple of flies.  Hey, we even got tooted at for being on the road, by (predictably) a white van, so I figure his initiation ceremony is complete! *grin*.

Cycling time: 1:04:12 hrs
Distance: 13.29 miles
Avs: 12.3 mph
ODO: 8661 miles

For his first training ride, I think those stats pretty much rock :).  But then I would say that, wouldn’t I? ;).

Chip off the old block blah blah