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[QUOTE="Michelle, post: 646878, member: 16598"] Ellen, Henk has been amazed by the bike. He now realises why I fell in love with it ;) We've raised the handlebars, which means it's more awkward to sit than stand (definitely a good thing). You'll have to get Liddy to tell us the story about looking for Rick - long stories are always great reads lol :) I discovered a huge benefit about the bike yesterday. My friend's 10yo has outgrown her XR80 & got a TTR, too (yes, this means TTR racing for the guys). She commented to me that she couldn't stand around a short trail as it was too tight, so the two of us went out with me proving that you didn't actually need to sit to go around it, but I gave myself an out, saying there might be two places (corners) that I sat. I didn't & nor did she. The next lap, I followed her & saw her wanting to sit a few times but she didn't & we both had huge grins at the end - she was standing as much as possible after that :) Later on, her, her mum & I went through a new piece of trail and near the end was a little, slippery log. My back end slid out but I managed to keep on the bike. My little friend wasn't so lucky & promptly burst into tears. We worked out she wasn't hurt apart from her pride, got her bike going again but she refused to get back on it. Her mum admitted she'd got a bit stuck on a slight uphill (which both of us hadn't had a problem with), but the little one didn't cheer up until I told her I'd almost lost the bike on the same log. She then developed a huge smile & wiped her tears, got on her bike & had fun for the rest of the ride. We played a bit of TTR racing ourselves later on in the day and I've decided I'll ride the bike a bit more often than I thought, just so I can keep my little buddy interested. She's a lot like I was as a child - loner, quiet, shy, book worm, so I relate to her a fair bit. She's a middle child and I've always made a point of not leaving her out of things (it's easy to do with her personality). I thought I'd have fun playing chasey with her, but didn't realise what an effect that was going to have on her. The one thing that pees me off about her bike is it's got a horn, so she teases me with that as we go riding. I have to tease her with the lazy leg (after I've got her bike going after she drops it lol). Basically, the two of us are having fun & it's helping her. I was also showing her yesterday about holding the bike between her legs and not, so I am passing on what I learned at the school. [/QUOTE]
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