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Video: Dad uses leafblower to give tot on trike some wind assistance

We all like a bit of wind on our back when we're pedaling ... ...

 A headwind is the cyclist's bane; a tailwind, however, is always welcome.

And here's a heartwarming video from the United States that shows a dad giving his son a bit of wind assistance with the help of a leafblower.

It was uploaded to YouTube last October by Mark Bundy from Williamsburg, Virginia, and the clip has got renewed traction on social media this week.

Mark has posted a couple of other videos featuring his son, Graham.

Here's one of the poor toddler, looking like a Donald Trump-hued Minion, faceplanting after a chute. 

The expression on his brother's face suggests a sense of foreboding.

Happily, he shrugged it off like a pro.

 

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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DaveE128 | 6 years ago
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For anyone considering putting their kid on a tricycle, don't!
https://youtu.be/Mu6ugawGl6A
http://www.babypost.com/blogs/baby-buzz/beware-tricycle-research-suggest...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3723640

Buy a balance bike instead (other brands are available. I like Puky.)

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StraelGuy | 6 years ago
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Looks like great fun but at least give the poor kid some goggles to keep the dust out of his eyes.

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