MILESTONE for Ian Schenkel

Ian Schenkel proudly announces that he can now

ride his bike without training wheels.

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(Story written by Marc Schenkel)

With the help of that really super cool dad of

his and the tennis courts behind our apartment,
Master Schenkel has taken the first steps of two wheel

riding and did so in about a half an hour!!
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Motivated by the desire to be able to roll out with

his friends and not wanting to be embarrassed by

the training wheels, he took on the challenge

with fierce determination.
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In fact I even askead him if he wanted to call it

day, but he looked at me, face flush, hair

sticky with sweat, legs tired, hands red with

the imprint of his handlebar grips

and said with all seriousness

“Dad, I’m staying to learn how to

balance so I can ride with my friends and I am

not going to quit until I do”.

With a mission statement like that what could I do?

I went and found my bike and rode with him.
So we rode around the apartments, down the bike
path and with his buddies for a very long time.

I had to make him stop, he was so tired,

but he didn’t care. I think he would have ridden all night.

Marc ( proud Dad)

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