Sunday, June 26, 2011

Scooty Bike

Last winter, BL's MH picked up a "scooty bike" aka a glider bike for him - that's our name for a bike without pedals. Instead of training wheels, kids propel them Fred Flintstone style with their feet and glide when they have some momentum. They graduate from scooting right to riding a 2-wheeler without the training wheel stage. Two kids on the street have done that already - it works. After BL's bike appeared, they are all the rage now on Humber Trail, from none last year to 4 of them just on our block.

This is a short documentary on how quickly BL learned to scoot - from walking on it to gliding and swooping down the sidewalks of Toronto. He goes everywhere on it now.

2 comments:

  1. Nice scootin', BL. This documentary really struck home for me some of the major differences between where you live and where we live. We are SO small-town sub-sub-urban compared to BWV. I was feeling the angst and the excitement of growing up in a city while watching. Very different vibe. Cool. Where's the music from, BTW? Good stuff.

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  2. The music is an out of the box Apple GarageBand sample file with a few instrument changes and extra verses to make it the right length.

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