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Devo — Developing a love of cycling in children

Stubborn Wrench has been holding some basic bike classes/events for kids and families.

Devo

Original article here: Mountain Biking Devo.

From what I’ve heard, this has been a lot of fun for kids and parents.

This is their schedule/location for the last two events:

  1. Monday 30 June: at the Georgie K. Fitch Park Pump Track on Balcones Street in College Station (behind the Ringer Library) at 6:30pm
  2. Friday 4 July: cookout at HENSEL PARK (not Millican Reserve!) at 6:30pm. We’ll bring charcoal and some hot dogs; feel free to bring something to grill or share!

If you are interested in participating, send Kim Topp (kim.topp@gmail.com) a note!

Sunday Ride

We did the Weedon Loop this morning, heading out from the Shellron, aka Shell station that used to be a Chevron at Highway 6 and Highway 30 across from the mall, out Elmo Weedon and then around.

One of our riders spotted a dead snake on the way out, and another is a herpetologist.

How many bike rides do you know that will reroute and then stop to investigate a dead snake? It was a nonpoisonous one, a king snake, if I remember correctly. Pretty dried out.

I will spare you photographic evidence.

A new way to mow the lawn?

There’s a classic picture of a bike where the front wheel has been replaced by a push mower. Looks cute, but is it practical? Hard to say. In the meantime, these guys have come up with another option, the Mow Cycle:

recumbent lawnmower bicycle

Do you think we’ll see any of these on Texas lawns anytime soon? Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “riding lawnmower.”