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Old 02-08-09 | 08:46 PM
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Train them early!

Bjorn, 10, at the end of a grueling afternoon of cleaning Campy calipers. It is all about the rewards: Saving up goodwill-points for his first Swiss Army knife, a $30 Victorinox Ranger. Almost there.

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Old 02-08-09 | 09:08 PM
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I LOVE his cap. I'm about to order one for myself. Cool kid, I'd love to have done that stuff at 10 (at least I would now, back then I was so deep into Dragonball [reg/Z/GT] and Pokémon it was crazy, though I do still enjoy those). Your kid?
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Old 02-08-09 | 09:14 PM
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that's quite a load of calipers: he'd have earned the SAK if it was my kid, but I'm a pushover...great pic!
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Old 02-08-09 | 10:42 PM
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..he'd have earned the SAK if it was my kid, but I'm a pushover..
It has been ordered. But he doesn't know.

We shared the work. I disassembled, he cleaned and I lubed and put them together again.
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Old 02-09-09 | 01:12 AM
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Hey isn't child labor illegal in this country. Just kidding. Great picture. Here my 2 years old adjusting his seat.

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Old 02-09-09 | 07:28 PM
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My girl rebuilt her first bike at the age of 5. I did the torky parts of the wrenching but she did the rest. She's proud of that bike. Wish I had some pictures from back then.
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