Hello all, I'm a homeschooling mother of three and about to start training the kids up for cross country riding. Biking was my primary mode of daily transportation until just a few years ago, and the kids have kept up the habit for short trips around town.

Since our garage was broken into and two of the kids' bikes were stolen I thought this might be a good time to teach them a little mechanics while building tour worthy bikes. So I'm probably going to have a million questions over the next few months.

Currently I'm riding either a Pacific mountain bike, or my ancient Trek 400 12-speed.

Hello m5nardi! Welcome to Bike Forums. We have a great sub forum called Recreation and family. You might want to pop in and check it out.

having a mom who would ride bikes with you sounds awesome! back in the day my mom gave it a shot...but it just didn't pan out.