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Old 08-21-25 | 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Smaug1
I took my daughter last week to the Apostle Islands on the south shore of Lake Superior last week. We packed the folding eBikes and had a blast. So no commuting last week. You can find some pix from that little adventure here, if you're interested: Road trip with 13 year-old daughter: Electric or acoustic folders?
That's pretty sweet!

I didn't manage to snag the small 26er I was watching for my 11yo. I'm debating getting him an e-bike. This year is 5th grade and his ride to school is < half a mile - for the last time. Next year the middle school is not half a mile but more like three. He's the one who gripes the most he "has to" ride his bike to school. I might see if he can ride my wife's barely utilized but very good Gazelle e-bike. However it's a Dutch style bike, the total opposite of cool, and he gets hardly any other exercise. For moral and health reasons I'd really rather keep him under his own power.

A bus is available, but the nearest stop picks up at 7:15 and 7:22 for an 8:45 bell. He'd have to leave at 7 for a school day that wouldn't start til 8:45. He could walk the three miles sooner than that and he's not quick! Whoever designed these routes is a nut case, they do loopty loops all over town.
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