Now that my son is almost four I decided it was time to retire the old family cruiser, an early 90's Raleigh rigid MTB equipped with bike seat. His new ride is an Adams Trail-A-Bike. To pull it I freshened up my 3-year-old Schwinn with a new derailleur that was graciously donated to me from a friend after he upgraded his bike. Since I stole this bike's trekking bars for my other bike, I bought a new set. Unfortunately I managed to strip both shifter/brake clamps (cheap Shimano Rapid Fire units), so I replaced them with a set of SRAM Gripshifts and some Avid brake levers. Cable routing is much easier and neater with the SRAM units, and I took advantage of the swap to install new cables. I'm very happy with the results.

I took my son for the inaugural ride yesterday. He screamed bloody murder for about half a block, but after that fell in love with it and has been asking for rides ever since. Luckily we got some nice weekend weather. Here's the new setup:

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