Originally Posted by
DG Going Uphill
I think it is really important for cyclists to take their children on a tour. This tour is one of my fondest memories of my childhood and I learned many important life lessons in just those three days.
While my parents didn't really take us on bicycle tours, they both rode a lot, and my brother and I rode with them. Bicycles accompanied us on many of our vacations, and we'd stay in one spot for a week or so, and cycle around that area ... then go on to the next spot on the trip, etc.
I guess that's basically hub and spoke touring ... and because I enjoyed it so much as a kid, maybe that's why I still enjoy hub and spoke touring now.
In that case, my first tour was likely when I was around 10 or 11 years old.