Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Julia's Cool New Bike...

So, until now, Julia has been riding her bike with training wheels. That's all fine and good, but for those of you who have dealt with training wheels before, they're really not all that stable. She couldn't go very fast, and if she had to turn, she often fell over. Shawn decided to do some searching online to see if he could find a three wheeled bike. There were a lot, but they were all handicapped bikes. That's fine, but they had seat belts and high back seats -- and that's not what Julia needs. She just needs stability. Besides, they were like $2700!!!! Anyway, Shawn decided to go search on ebay just to see. He found this guy in Alaska who makes a modification for an existing bike. You just take off the back tire and attach this bar he's welded and then put on a new chain and the two modified wheels he sends. It was about 1/10 the cost, and we didn't have to buy a new bike. Here are some pictures of her riding it.


4 comments:

Lauren@ "Happiness is..." said...

She looks so big and grown up!!!!

Anonymous said...

what a great bike, looks good!

ColeFamily said...

That is awesome Shawn found this option. What great parents!

Clore said...

Awesome bike! I wish I had one when I was a little kid!