I love seeing this here, especially with Keith's interpretive captions. This book meant so much to me as a kid (in 1980?) and introduced me to the idea of bicycle touring as a thing I could do. When I got old enough (14), I rode my Univega Suprasport on many unsupported camping tours sponsored by our local YMCA. It's amazing to think that my parents let me do that before cell phones or digital anything. I still have the photo album with pictures from my Instamatic.
Despite owning a Rivendell, I don't tend to be a nostalgic person...but I do miss those simpler times and wish now were more like then. Halcyon days indeed. On Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 12:00:27 PM UTC-4 Keith P. wrote: > On Jeff's recommendation I picked up a copy of "Hit The Bike Trail." > It did not disappoint. > > Basically the story of a kid learning the joys of a step-through Platypus. > > I scanned a few illustrations: > > [image: Hit The Bike Trail-0001.jpg] > Are those Boscos I see?... > > [image: HIt The Bike Trail-0002.jpg] > Here's one of "Grant" teaching some young folks about toe clips. > Looks like some WoolyWarm > <https://www.rivbike.com/products/woolywarm-all-merino-navy-blue-sweater-from-england?srsltid=AfmBOooFjeTfK-Ah6XLZgztfu4s-PGFOxayxcvm7RagWYsCkcsFasli4> > wear > to me. > > k. > > On Sunday, August 3, 2025 at 4:16:01 PM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > > *Hit The Bike Trail * by Alice Sankey was a formative book for me. This > reminds me to track down a copy to own once again. Best I can remember, > it's about a group of friends who are going on a bike trip. Before they can > get on the road, a bike is stolen and replaced with a sub-optimal bike! > > > [image: 3604073.jpg] > > > On Sunday, August 3, 2025 at 6:39:34 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > > This series of novels is not meant for small children, but older children > certainly can read them and enjoy them, and while bicycles are not the > theme, at least one bicycle is prominent in many of the stories. > > These are Alan Bradley’s crime mysteries series featuring 11-year-old *enfant > precoce* Flavia de Luce, youngest of an ancient, decayed, and near > bankrupt rural aristocratic family, who has a genius for using chemistry to > solve crimes, to the discomfiture of the regional police. She appropriates > her long-ago-disappeared mother’s BSA Keep Fit that she names Gladys to > ride about her family's little ancestral village of Bishop’s Lacey > investing things. > > The 3-4-5 earliest ones are the best ones. > > Bradley does due diligence in his historical research and writes in a > detached and whimsical/ironic but engaging way. > > > [image: image.png] > > No book to link this photo to, but the photo shows 2 boys in Belfast long > ago, one a very famous writer. A pat on the back if you can identify them. > > [image: image.png] > > > > > On Sat, Aug 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM Jkarlin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Friends gave us this book for our toddler. Everyone loves it, and I > especially like the bike (kinda like a Clem, even with the fork a little > wonky?) and the rabbit’s riding style—it seems pretty Riv-ish to me. Do > y’all have any other recommendations for great children’s books with great > bikes? > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2992c39c-4df0-46ce-818f-5e8d2bc2d1ccn%40googlegroups.com.
