And then speaking of teaching, last week, I made a major decision to pull back away from working part-time at Practical Cycle and invest my time and energy in the classroom and on the bike. Although I love being apart of the wonderful team at PC, I wanted to be on a more flexible schedule that allows me to be doing what I feel I'm best at: riding a bike and teaching others to do the same.
We had another wonderful Kidical Mass ride, a park-to-park jaunt with about 20 of us. While I was a bit nervous that no one else would show up, suddenly, a hoard of awesome looking bikes pulled up. It was a great group of mostly regulars and a new father-son duo with an awesome Weehoo. We got to check out Melissa's new Follow-Me-Tandem and test out our Bullitt-train. Somer's son also had his zippy Isla Bike that he's been tearing up--in fact, he just learned how to skid. As we rode the 2 miles, Jarrod and his family showed up and tagged along. Have I mentioned too many times that this month has been flying by? I managed to squeak out my May Is Bike Month goal by hitting my (personally) modest goal of 250. The boys are nowhere near their pledges of 100, though. We're doing our best and riding when we can so that's good enough for me. I've been thinking lately about how lucky I am to have children who love to ride. Big Brother's biking skills have progressed so incredibly. He's scanning over his shoulder like a pro and working on using his hand signals as he rides. Today, I made the mistake of offering lemonade when we got home and he got so excited that he started to lose control. Amazingly, he was able to hop off the bike and keep it upright enough to come to a stop without biffing it. This is probably at least 75% of what we teach our 5th grade classes in the bicycle education programs (minus the attempted biffings). Speaking of bicycle education programs, this is the result of the hard work and dedication that the NNTMA has put into their Ride Smart programs and May Is Bike Month encouragement. More bicycles and trailers showed up at the end of the day as parents came to pick up their children. Put some money into an alternative transportation management association and look at all the rewards a community gets! I love teaching the bicycle and pedestrian classes! And then speaking of teaching, last week, I made a major decision to pull back away from working part-time at Practical Cycle and invest my time and energy in the classroom and on the bike. Although I love being apart of the wonderful team at PC, I wanted to be on a more flexible schedule that allows me to be doing what I feel I'm best at: riding a bike and teaching others to do the same. And I get to spend more time with this awesome kiddo, too.
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Tim Castleman
5/27/2014 03:57:07 pm
Elle!! We are so fortunate to have you and I am truly grateful for all you are. Yes, those kiddos are growing so fast! Good for you for taking time to be with them now, you will never regret it. Thanks for sharing your adventures and talents, and you can always count on me to fix your brakes :)
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Elle
5/31/2014 02:13:50 pm
Thanks, Tim! I miss you guys already! I appreciate the kind words and all the great support you have given us over the years. I know I'll be popping in regularly to say hi (and get my brakes adjusted...).
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Bob
3/13/2015 03:05:05 am
I love that tag along design on the back of that bike, pulling the other bike. Can you provide me with a name or web site of that? I so need to get one! Thanks! bob
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Melissa
4/2/2015 04:15:15 am
That's my husband's bike pictured with one of our two FollowMe tandems. The best place to get a FollowMe is through Bike-Discount.de:
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Elle Bustamante
3/13/2015 06:26:11 am
That's a Follow-Me Tandem. Pricey but the people I know who have them, love them!
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