{"id":47393,"date":"2023-04-27T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T11:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=47393"},"modified":"2023-04-08T17:09:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T22:09:16","slug":"feel-the-wind-in-your-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/feel-the-wind-in-your-hair\/","title":{"rendered":"Feel The Wind In Your Hair!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Did you know that May 1st<\/sup> is Learn To Ride A Bike Day<\/a>?\u00a0 Perhaps you remember having training wheels when you first learned?\u00a0 Or maybe you got the hang of it right away and started on two wheels?<\/p>\n

I remember my initial experience with bike riding.\u00a0 My childhood friend, Jill, was going to receive a Schwinn Sting-Ray bicycle for her 9th<\/sup> birthday.\u00a0 She had been awaiting its arrival for weeks.\u00a0 Boy, was it cool!\u00a0 It was the color purple.\u00a0 And it had a banana seat, which had enough room for two people to sit on it.\u00a0\u00a0 Sometimes I sat behind her as she wheeled around the Allendale parking lot.<\/p>\n

One day she allowed me to try my hand.\u00a0 Now, in fact, I did not know how to ride a bicycle at age 8.\u00a0 This I told her, but she said that was okay; she would teach me.\u00a0 I got on that banana seat, placed both hands on the handle bars, placed one foot on a pedal, and picked up my other foot as I pushed down on the first pedal.\u00a0 I was bike riding!\u00a0 Bang!\u00a0 I ran into the Allendale\u2019s brick wall.\u00a0 I had forgotten about braking.\u00a0 Or turning.\u00a0 I fell off, but the bike was unharmed!\u00a0 And, luckily, so was our friendship.<\/p>\n

By age 12 I had mastered the art of two wheels.\u00a0 On sunny days you could find me exploring every dead end and cul-de-sac in Moline.\u00a0 This knowledge still serves me well as a car driver.\u00a0 I know the fastest routes throughout the city.<\/p>\n

Do you want to remember the joy you felt when you first learned how to ride?\u00a0 Here are some titles to help you remember the feel the wind in your hair and the utter sense of freedom:<\/p>\n

My bike \/\u00a0illustrated by Byron Barton.<\/a><\/p>\n

The bike lesson \/ by Stan and Jan Berenstain.<\/a><\/p>\n

Franklin rides a bike \/ written by Paulette Bourgeois ; illustrated by Brenda Clark.<\/a><\/p>\n

Biking \/ by Cynthia Klingel and Robert B. Noyed.<\/a><\/p>\n

The science of a bicycle : the science of forces \/ by Ian Graham.<\/a><\/p>\n

Biking Iowa : 50 great road trips and trail rides \/ Bob Morgan<\/a><\/p>\n

The cyclist who went out in the cold : adventures riding the Iron Curtain \/ Tim Moore.<\/a><\/p>\n

A voyage across an ancient ocean : a bicycle journey through the northern dominion of oil \/ David Goodrich.<\/a><\/p>\n

So in honor of this national holiday, I say to you, dust off your bicycle, pump up those tires, and go bike riding today!<\/p>\n

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