What I ACTUALLY Learned Teaching My Son To Ride
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- My oldest son Teegan is getting a crash course in mountain biking! We hit the road for a two week cross-country roadtrip to ride all of the most iconic spots in the USA with some of our good friends. But the real story isn't the skills that Teegan learned, its the lessons I learned about sharing your favorite things and setting the right expectations from the start. Like any parenting lesson, I made plenty of mistakes, but in the end - it was all totally worth it.
A huge thank you to all the riders who helped us out along the way:
@SethsBikeHacks
@annekebeerten
@hayden_cavanah
@PorterMTB
Also a mega thank you to @jensonusabicycles @marin_bikes and @LoamPass for helping us make this trip a reality.
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As promised, here is the list of upgrades that we gave Teegan along the way:
Marin Alpine Trail 1: jenson.sjv.io/Q...
Crank Bros Stamp Shoes: jenson.sjv.io/4...
USWE Hydration Pack: jenson.sjv.io/N...
Smith Shift Split Glasses: jenson.sjv.io/L...
Crank Bros M19 Multitool: jenson.sjv.io/n...
Continental Argotal Tires: jenson.sjv.io/j...
Orange Seal (Tire Sealant): jenson.sjv.io/r...
Deity Flat Trak Pedals: jenson.sjv.io/r...
Endura Shorts: jenson.sjv.io/5...
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This was awesome, we loved having you guys visit and ride, such an epic trip!
Thanks Porter! Your advice was so spot on, I learned a lot. Thanks for a great time and the ultimate hospitality!
I want to see more. I'm doing a 6 week BMX course with my 4yo daughter and I have to be super careful about pushing her too far. It is all about having fun at this point, not winning.
The fun factor is so key - keeping it light and easy was the toughest for me, because I wanted to share it with him so badly (and we HAD to keep it moving to get home on time). I learned so much about getting the right setting and the value of making the rides more fun than challenging.
O:45 ... my sentiments exactly 😔
Good stuff Aaron. Glad to see Teegan smiling throughout. Success!
Thanks Kyle! So stoked to make it through this trip in one piece - great success! 🙌
Good luck to you! I am trying to get my 16 son to the sport. So happy to see this video.
Thank you! Good luck to you, too! I feel like I might have learned more than Teegan did on this roadtrip - Porter's advice really rang true for me about setting expectations.
@@SuperRiderTV yeah it did to me as well.
I just bought a new Rocky Mountain Instinct after 10 years on a 2013 Stumpjumper Elite 29. I gave that Stumpy to my 17 year-old son and he is motivated to progress. He was on a hardtail for about 3 years, but he grew 5 inches and wasn't on the proper sized bike anymore. He only wanted to ride gravel and road, and that is fine. Now, he is venturing into some green and blue trails and progressing quickly. Having a capable bike is great motivator for anybody from novice to pro.
Anyways, the best part is spending quality time together and having a sense of adventure and wonder in an otherwise mundane world. Great vid and I hope the 2 of you ride together for life.
Thank you so much! Seeing the country and sharing the ride was such a cool way to spend a few weeks together this summer - and from my experience, I think your son's gravel/road background is going to be a huge help for mountain biking. One of the first issues we ran into on our road trip was that Teegan didn't have the cardio power to do some climbs, and that wore him out for what would've been fun downhill sections. Thanks for watching - here's to many years of you and your son riding together!
@@SuperRiderTV Being tired kills some of the experience for sure. Those gassed out moments seem defeating, but they are really cardio builders. I feel that every time I come back from an injury. Cheers and Happy trails. Those Marin bikes are sweet... I really like my Instinct though.
Wow! Nice father/son bike bonding! 😎🤙 Watching your vid brings back memories... Way back early 2000, used to ride trails/dh/small dirt jumps with my father... 🚴🚴
Thank you!
Such a great clip, you're definitely in the running to take Eric's #1 mtb dad status with trips like this one I think.
Stoked for the rest of the series mate.
Ha! I think Porter's status is safe for a while - plus he successfully got TWO kids into riding. Might be a while before all three of mine are at that point! :)
Hi Teracis. How is everything in the land down under?
@@martinschwartz7342 going well mate, how about yourself?
starting on an ebike is a great idea, 100%. i got back into it at maybe 4 years or so younger than your son is (i guess i am about his age). i did ride a bit as a a kid, but then quit, and i had to relearn everything except the basics (of course i knew how to stand up and stuff that wasnt a problem) from scratch. without emtb i wouldnt have started it again, the terrain here is such that you cant ride without a huge climb in your way. now i still ride emtb, but do crazy tech climbs, nice downhills and stuff.
It was such a helpful unlock in this process - it made the painful and difficult parts easy, so we could build momentum and show him a good time right out of the gates. I was on the fence about it, but in hindsight, I'm glad we did it!
Great trip! This is my reminder that I need to pay a visit to Bentonville
Maybe for Bike Fest so we can finally hang out in real life? :)
I've learned recently that TFCC injury (wrist) is very annoying thing and that it can be obtained practising bunny hops without even crashing. -> Recomendation: if you're approaching 40, you don't have life of riding behind you and you plan to do any "landing front wheel first" stuff, wrist strenghtening excercises are very good idea.
Good call!
Looks like a fun trip!
Been waiting a long time for this one! :)
Way to go, Aaron!! Remember, the first hit's free, ya wanna fly kid, ya gotta buy, kid!! Hope you get your son hooked on a lovely sport. This road trip is making an indelible experience for both of you delinquents!! \o/
Haha thanks!! I'll remind him of that advice ;)
I liked the video at 0:30. You are an awesome dad. Something a lot of people wish they had. Cheers!
Thank you so much!
That was amazing, making forever memories 💯🤙🏾
Thank you!
EXCELLENT !
Awesome Story!
Hope you two ride together in the future as Father and son team!
I tried to get my 8 Years old son into trials riding. When he was 3 years old, he rode over small obstacles and 4m long and 10cm narrow bar and so on with his first bike.
He learned very fast and did it so well. (Better than me ( i´m a old guy ~ 40years 😉 ))
I showed him a lot of trials related videos (Ali Clarkson, Danny Mc, and your Channel!).
But i guess it was to much, he was annoyed by the bikevideos and doesnt like to watch them anymore 😅.
He did it very well, but after a time he gets other interests and stopped riding.
After a few years, we get him back to cycling, and did tours on paved ways, also bikepacking on mtb with long distances and he likes to do exhausting tours with his 24" tyres bike.
Now hes 8 and ill try to get him into easy single-trails. We got a lot of them in the nearby wood.
Lets hope hes fine and like to do more in this direction.
My small other son doesnt like bikes at all, but its ok. Its not good to force anything...
Glad to hear that he's back into riding! I may have waited a little too long to start putting my oldest son on a bike, but I think you're right - not good to force it. Even now, after this roadtrip, I'll always make bikes available, but never push it. It's a tough balance - as I learned this summer. :)
Omg he’s you with a stash!! Lol. So cool to be able to ride with your kid.
Haha! Next time I might need to grow out a matching stache!
@@SuperRiderTV omg do it. Would be awesome.
Love seeing an ebike being used for exactly what they should, enhance the experience not mute it 😂
Exactly! Game changer that day, did exactly what we needed it to do.
Awesome I love this
Thank you!
Cool trip. Guess I would have assumed your kids would be track standing by age 3, and by 8 it would be "did you cut the grass, take out the trash and do your 100 back hops?". Seriously though, the bike toys will be quickly forgotten, but the time together will be remembered forever.
Ha! I might institute those rules with my other two kids...my daughter just started learning trackstands!
Superrider XC race when?
Ooooh, that would be fun!
Wonderful. This is how it should be for younger people. Starting from eMTB instead of MTB. Climbing can be discouraging.
It was amazing to see how much impact that had on the riding - not just that day, but from there on out. It was like getting a glimpse of the fitness level he could have if he kept riding! :)
Your son looks like he can be your brother! Great video! 🚲🚲🚲
Ha! Thanks!
Super Father 👍
I hope you and your loved ones, including your son and friends, had a fantastic and memorable time! Wishing you all the best.
God bless you!
Oh man, im jelous of you guys :D
I've been wanting to do this trip for ages, glad we finally got to make it happen. Thanks for watching! :)
Nice! having a father that shares his passion turning into mine is such a dream but it was only just a dream. I envy these kids cuz its a privilege for them to experience it at a very young age and one perks is that you dont have to buy anything, neither do you need to throw tantrums just to have a bike. cuz everything is just being passed and bought since your dad is trying to plant mountainbiking on your head. hahahaha/ lol. As a kid growing up, I really wanted to learn and to have a personal bike but my family at that time wasnt really into it and they find it probably a waste of money or in short wasnt their thing but not until my 5th grade, they bought me a bmx for me to play and practice with then eventually rode the bike on my own. And thats about it. I stopped riding after my bike got destroyed, it lasted for a lil over a year. Years passed til covid hit, sh8 got serious and as we all did, we looked for something to do and there I went back to my first hobby which is biking and year 2022 where I bought a cheap mountainbike to feel the thrill and fun again and now to this day I have a fullsus bike and trying to learn skills that i never get the chance to learn, I am a late bloomer in terms of mountainbiking but I am enjoying it hahahaha tons to learn still. I do hope that your child embraces the sport cuz I know that'd mean a lot to you, it would definitely be a father and son bonding til your age catches up and your knees are already saying NO. LOL.
Very cool - thanks for sharing, especially the learnings, most people would just make the entire video about how epic it was, good to also hear about the challenges and what you would do differently. ride on!
Thanks John! I think I may have learned more on this roadtrip than he did! haha
Incredible video!! Seriously, this was documentary level goodness. I've got to watch again just to add to my list of MTB trips. Love the balance of teaching but also acknowledging your son is at a different level. Really loved the creative solution of the ebike to level things. Can't wait to see more!
Thanks so much! So much work went into this trip (and the video), stoked that you liked it!
I listen to your podcast and came here to watch your RUclips for the first time!! Congrats to you both on this epic trip. I have a toddler who is super into biking and attracted to stuff like pump tracks, half tracks (bmx) and basically any downhill he can find. I’m more of a runner and part time road cyclist and don’t have the skills to teach him the bike technique. I am literally running beside him over all the bumps. We live near Fromme mountain (the mountain biking hub in North Van BC, it’s pretty well known). So it seems now I need to learn from scratch but I can tell my two year old will likely soon surpass me. If your Dad was a fisherman, did self learn as a youth?
Oh awesome, thanks for being here! I have a younger son who is going through the same phase (me running next to him on the pumptrack) - it's harder than just riding bikes! Fromme is an awesome place to learn mountain biking, I'm jealous!
So beautiful
I have three kids, and I enjoy camping and biking. However, I also need to learn the fundamental techniques of mountain biking (MTB). I'm glad you're sharing this video!
Thanks! Come for the roadtrip, stick around for the MTB tutorials! I got you covered! :)
thx for the best video you ever put out.I have been trying to get my son into the sport, now I know how thx to you brother.
Thank you! So stoked that you liked it!
It is equally difficult for my kids to get interested in MTB than it is for me to get interested in Fortnite !😅 However we have fun when we ride together. I think that keeping the expectations low is a very good advice! Super video!
Thank you! Super good advice from Porter - there's a lot more that he shared, I'll be including it in the Park City episode from this series!
man i just want to say , how blessed ya'll north americans are when it comes to mountain biking ... the geography , the trails , the support network ,industry, amazing
So true - this roadtrip really made me realize how good we have it over here. The quality of every single trail was incredible, too - so much hard work by tons of locals to keep the standard high!
Now that was an amazing video. Great job in sharing your love for the sport with your son. Hopefully he likes it as well but if not, you did a wonderful job trying.
Thank you so much!
What a good ride! I'll definitely follow this in a couple of years when my boy's ready! Thanks Aaron!
Awesome - good luck, such a great feeling to share this with your son (although hopefully you can avoid some of my mistakes)! :)
This was great! Really looking forward to the other vids in this series. I failed to inspire my own son to ride who's 14 now and I identified with a lot of things you described. Sometimes the MTB bro culture can be a bit much for someone like my son who's on the quieter side. It was nice to see this vid which was much closer to my own life experiences than seeing dads and their sons magically have the same interests and skills.
Thank you so much! Plenty of time...my son is 22 now, there was never really a "right" time to teach him before this point, so I sat back and waited for my window. Not sure if it'll stick now, but at least he's gotten a taste of the sport. Hopefully there are a few more adventures in our future..
What was the trial did Seth take y’all on in the Asheville area?
Dupont trail system, I forget the name of the exact trail, but it was all super fun!
You are my favorite RUclips channel!
Thank you!
WIlling adopt a 47year old ?
Haha, why not? :)
@@SuperRiderTV Ok long text here(swedish is first language so it is hard to be short in another language). I have a video idea for you, inspired by own riding. My most usual scuff and smash is caused by panic dismount of my bike, latest one I managed jump(I am ex gymnast still train basic gymnast skills) over the bars but handlebar hit me so hard in my calf that could walk for a week.
I have kinda no idea how to dismount, it is easy if climb up stuff. But down or just when bike slides to side like off a curbe.
How to just dismount a bike in diffrent situation.
Silly enough pratice trackstand and jumping on and off help me a lot.
There is little instructions on this subject on youtube, most say you learn by experience, but I think it should be basic skill. I am fairly athletic I have tough time so for others must be harder
@@Sunesha That is a really interesting idea - "how to crash" basically. Or maybe...how to gracefully dismount! :)
@@SuperRiderTV Exactly, you kinda fall back on what learned. Sometimes is just jump of downhill, you lose balance when you slow, or just when slide sideways like curb or side of hill. I thought about a lot. I mostly atually hurt myself bailing for slow stuff like balance or skinny riding slipping sideways, I thought it was something could train. Like i always treied to keep my pedals level while just rollinng it took me like 6 months conciouis effort even while comummuting too. Now I just do without thinking but I had like 40 years bad habit.
@@SuperRiderTV I thought in terms which way fall, like sideways, front, back. sliding. I have no idea if there is some kine standard ways to crash/dismoint, kinda like static dismount, with velocity. If You can dismount bike whole moving it and get used to it, it would in theory be close to what you do lose control too. KInda MTB Judo, you learn fall ?=
How nice to see you biking with your son.😊
Rad ween shirts, I hv 3 boys and can hardly get one to ride with me (heck one won’t even learn to ride bikes) I don’t push but wish I could give them the gift of riding, good video
Thank you! Ween is one of the other things that we share, we had tickets to their show(s) this summer, super bummed they got cancelled..
@@SuperRiderTV good to see good dads on you tube too , porter is a good one too, b blessed
Nothing beats family time. Love them ❤
I'm actually just starting to teach my son (19years old) how to MTB, just bought him his first mountain bike a couple weeks ago. Watching your son at the beginning was oh so familiar. Right now I am keeping him on our home trails and just enjoying time together. Next year I'm hopeful we can go to Bentonville together for the first time and explore. Thank you for sharing your experience. This was a great help and reassurance that I may be on the right course.
It took like ten clicks to get here from your FB post....so Thumbs DOWN!
Cute, my dad and I did this like two months ago
Absolutley incredible trip. Both of you will remember this forever. There are lots of ways to enjoy the outdoors and mountain biking is just one of them. Hopefully, you and your son will continue to ride together. Having an experienced teacher is priceless. I took a trip with my son who was 38 and myself to the Grand Canyon and Sedona in 2019, Great Memories! Thanks for Sharing.
Thank you so much - I hope this is the first of many adventures!
Great video! I've been wondering when this would come out, it was worth the wait!
Thanks!! Took ages to dig through all the footage...whew! Stoked that you liked it!
I can't wait to see your trip! Keep 'em coming. Hopefully he'll fall in love with MTBing
Thank you!