Originally Posted by
chipcom
Ha, I remember when our kid was 15 and still rode his bike everywhere, even doing centuries with us...now he's 17 and can't think of anything but finally getting his driver's license in a few weeks. He finds every excuse in the book for us to give him a ride to and from work/school rather than taking his bike and even when I make him take his bike he complains about how hard the 5 mile ride is and how he's too tired to do anything else for the rest of the day. I don't have a lot of hope.
Don't lose hope
Your son sounds a lot like me when I first got my license. At 16- 17 driving was very much a status symbol and a bicycle was the antithesis of cool. Now I'm a 19 year old college student and I pretty much ride my bike everywhere. The only time I drive anymore is when I need to lug my guitar/amp around. 150 pounds of equipment is a bit much for me