Originally Posted by cyclezealot
I suspect pushing sports is no different than pushing on other adult activity on kids. Just like the criticisms for parents over pushing beauty pagent training on young girls. The question is , do the kids really want this. If so, kid's interest in cycling is just like any other untrained athlete. Muscles must adopt and become stronger. BUt, young children have even less of a basis. I'd ride with the son on training rides, specificallly suited to his needs.
Just to clarify - I never "pushed" cycling onto my son. He was interested in it because he knew how much I enjoyed it - and he felt like he was missing out. He begged me for a road bike to get into the sport. The beauty pagent anology just doesn't apply to our situation.