Yee-haw!!

Wednesday at Tyler's school was Bike rodeo which finally arrived. Tyler has been wanting to do this ever since he has been riding a bicycle. The event is only open to 3rd to 5th graders so this is his first year.

There are 6 skills/courses that he needs to complete. They sound simple enough on paper until one actually has to do it.

1. Riding/balancing at a slow speed. This is timed course where he needs to stay in a lane and either finish the length of the course or until you put your foot down on the ground. Tyler was soooooooooooooooo slow and he tried very hard but he was going too slow so he lasted only 12 seconds.


2. Riding in a straight line. Yep with with cones on either side so if you touch one, 10 points are deducted. Again Tyler went slow so it was harder and he scored a 70/100.


3. Weaving. Again harder in reality because we had no idea how close the cones would be and they were pretty close together. Another 70/100.


4. U-turn in a narrow lane. This was a tricky one to practice at home since I didn't know how narrow the lane would be. Luckily we practiced one before so he had no problems with this. 100/100


5. Circles. Um, harder when you need to stay in a lane. Tyler was concentrating so hard that he totally rode outside of the circle. Bummer. 70/100 I think I was more nervous than he was.


6. Stopping on the spot. Not a problem. 100/100

I couldn't get my video to post so you'll just have to visualize it somehow.

Overall this was a really great experience and Tyler had a fun time. :) Can't wait for next year!