“My big bike! I go with Daddy. We go whooosh!  Up and down. And faster, faster! Yay!”

He may not pedal  but  having  Louis  on  board makes my weekend  jaunts around Sydney so much fun. The first time we rode, he was a year old and since then it’s become a weekend tradition.

The child seat heralds an awakening.  Every time we ride, people ask me about  it.  It’s  immediately  appealing to anyone who has a child. It is standards approved, has  somewhere  for  small  hands,  foot  holders which puts the little man in roughly the same position as the rider and straps  to  keep  him  in  place.  The  only  alteration  was  to  cross  the  harness at the rear so they don’t slip off Louis’ shoulders.  I’ve been told hundreds of times by fellow parents that  if  the child is on the rear, they tend to fall asleep and it’s difficult  to engage them. Having Louis up  front means that there  is a  constant chatter. Even before he uttered words, I could lean in  and ask him to point out objects; it started simple — blue car,  big dog, tree, red light.

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