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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a huge e-bike proponent (the real e-bikes and not the electric motorcycles pretending to be e-bikes).  I’ve ridden thousands of miles on DC city streets sometimes with my child on the back, sometimes alone, and increasingly now accompanied by my elementary aged child riding their own bike just in front of me.  I accept that biking in the city is likely the highest risk activity we partake in.  I still think it is worth it.  I will say in 8 years of daily riding I’ve never been hit or even had a significant close call.  I am cautious and pick my route carefully.  I follow the rules of the road (not riding through lights etc) and when not in a bike lane I take the lane (meaning I ride in the middle of the lane so cars can’t miss seeing me or sideswipe me).

I fully understand people who don’t feel comfortable doing it but if you are interested in it I also recommend joining the dc family biking group and testing it out.

And yes my bike was expensive but I we still spend less money on it than our car (even though my bike gets more mileage a year than the car).[/quote]

How fast do you ride, with your kid on their own bike? And what do you do about hills that are too long for the kid?

Because this is the piece OP's DH hasn't really thought through. Eventually the biggest kid is going to age out of being a passenger, and then how does this work? Inspired Teaching to Columbia Heights involves a change in elevation no matter what route is taken. It's very hard for me to believe the hill up Franklin from Lincoln Road to Michigan Ave, for example, is going to be easy for a kid. It will make it way more than a 15-minute commute.[/quote]

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