For Lincoln's fifth birthday, Scott and I bought him a used bike from the Trek store. He had been riding a 12-inch bike with training wheels that Scott's mom bought at a garage sale, but we thought having a new bike would motivate him to try riding without the training wheels - and free up the other bike for Guy. We had Lincoln try out the bikes at the store, and at the advice of a Trek employee bought him another 12-inch bike, which is small enough for him to put both feet on the ground while he's riding (very important, as we've discovered!).
Lincoln's been diligent about practicing, and yesterday on the way home from Tracy and Joni's the practice paid off. We filmed him riding all by himself - a huge achievement! He's also pretty good at stopping, and can sometimes get himself started, too!
Now that it looks like bicycling is well underway, all he needs is to work on his swimming and he can start entering some triathlons!
