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Postby Phil H » Sun Oct 17, 2010 3:10 pm

To keep them motivated with something new, it's important not to make it too hard too soon.
[img]http://steppenherring.dyndns.org/bikingphotos/tom/boxhill1.jpg[/img]

Not a record breaking pace, but he made it all the way up the zig-zag road without stopping or complaining.
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Re: Kids

Postby Del » Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:03 pm

I rode up there today and it was rather cold.

I can see you're also trying to toughen him up with the summer gear he is wearimg!

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Re: Kids

Postby Phil H » Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:29 pm

It wasn't too bad this afternoon - although we cooled down in the massive queue to be overcharged for tea & cake at the top.

When I want to really toughen him up, I take him on the A217 in the rain and tell him he's not allowed to drop below 18mph.
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Re: Kids

Postby Dombo » Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:14 pm

Take him up the eastern approach to Leith Hill tower on an mtb and treat him to a slice of the best fruit cake in all of surrey
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Re: Kids

Postby Amy » Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:56 pm

[quote="Phil Hawkes"]To keep them motivated with something new, it's important not to make it too hard too soon.


Pah, kids these days have everything served up to them on a plate - at his age I was riding tandem with Dad all over Surrey, including such delights as White Down and Leith Hill, doing 40-60 miles in a day :shock:

Dad's still got that tandem - it may have been the racing tandem of its day but it was and is still a flippin' tank :roll:
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Re: Kids

Postby Snoop Doug » Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:00 pm

Nice one Phil - good training for Nov 6th - though personally I'd roll on to Walton for a caff stop :wink: though I do like a mini milk from the NT place on a sunny day :D
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Re: Kids

Postby Jon H » Mon Oct 18, 2010 2:10 pm

[quote="Amy"]Pah, kids these days have everything served up to them on a plate - at his age I was riding tandem with Dad all over Surrey, including such delights as White Down and Leith Hill, doing 40-60 miles in a day :shock:

That would probably be classed as child abuse these days :roll:
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Re: Kids

Postby Toks » Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:31 pm

Good one Phil, he looks like he's enjoying it too :D
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Re: Kids

Postby Phil H » Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:53 pm

He did enjoy it. After hearing of young Mr Burton's exploits though he wants to have a crack at White Lane. I'll see if I can work out a safe route from here ...
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Re: Kids

Postby Marcus » Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:33 pm

Phil, he's smiling, obviously he could go allot faster 8) Probably just didn't want to embarrass you by getting to the top before you:)
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