This is BIG NEWS.
Bellingham, WA – March 18th, 2013 – Violet rides her pedal bike without training wheels. The big bike, MYSTIC*, doesn’t have her balancing mechanisms attached, anymore. Violet has graduated beyond training wheels and is going at it full throttle.
Understand, that she has been enrolled in “bike class” for many years- riding in a bike trailer behind Heather, as soon as she was able; poised in a milk crate on the back of my recumbent at the age of 2; perched in the back of our tandem, from her comfy vantage point as the Stoker (to be)- has given her the knowledge and incentive to be able to self-propel. As Andy Wallis says, “It’s a Lifestyle”. Yes it is! Today my little monkey made it happen.
We live in the Ham. Ours is a cycling community and it all starts close to home. Beyond the Usual Suspects, we’d like to thank our neighbors, The Vanyo Family, for sharing their space, kids, and LILY (the no pedal bike) with us as a motivator to ride sans support; Charlie & Hazel Heggem – Charlie is an old friend and thought leader in the world of cycling and has encouraged Violet’s cycling endeavors ; Kyle at the HUB; Lance Romo; Kulshan Cycles; etc. really, do I need to list you all?…
LIVE on Violet TV! We were lucky for a private moment with the SUPERSTAR for an interview, capturing the moment.
What goes up, must come down.
The Daredevil
Hope you enjoyed. See ya OUT THERE!
*We name our vehicles. Mystic is the Trek bike that Violet is going to ride for the next couple years. Our van is named Bubble, and she’s a girl (proclaims V)- we live in the Bellingham Bubble and it’s a bit like driving around a fish tank- for everybody to look inside (tinted windows Coming Soon). Our other boats, bikes, skis, and things all have names too- Thanks again, Baldy.
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