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Fun, sizing, and training

 Greeting cycling enthusiasts.  We are here to discuss the idea of fun in cycling. Harken your minds back to when you were young(er) and first learning to ride a bike. What a magical time it must've been. A time of burgeoning independence, or perhaps a moment to become on par with some older inspiration in your life. No matter the context the idea of freedom and fun was no doubt paramount in your mind. Obviously after the sheer terror and consequential mistrust you had at your adult for letting go of the bicycle even though they probably said they wouldn't. It can be hard, but do forgive if you can. Cue the freedom, not actual freedom because, let's be honest neighborhoods in reality aren't amazingly huge, but to a kid riding to a friends house down the road is a big deal. Bikes were fun, riding bikes was fun, testing out new terrain, testing out riding down hill for the first time, testing out the difficulty of riding uphill and perhaps the first time out of the sad...