For two days the little one has been getting her wheels under her; escorting her sister to middle school, then riding on to the elementary school to check out her own bike locking situation. After putting untold miles behind the pedals, she mentioned the little itty bitty orange bike seat on her twice hand-me-down older than her (11 year old, $70 when new) bike was not comfortable. I asked her what she thought she needed. "Something wider," was her answer.

So when the Rig was home with its new ABS sensor, which would now allow the brakes to work, off to the bike shop we went. To be honest, they don't sell a lot of wide comfort these days, but they did have one model, costing almost as much as her bike...) that she was willing to try.

Once home, the girls ate dinner, while I worked on changing out the seat. Knowing they would want to be in on the action I took the old seat off the bike and carried it, and a handful of wrenches and pliers, back to the kitchen table. The young man at the store, offered to replace the seat. Saying that it was tricky and would take patience. (Am I the impatient type?) I did mention to him twice that her bike was old and asked if he was sure this seat without a post would work on her bike. Truly I didn't want to bring something home and get her hopes up for a comfortable ride.

To make this long post shorter, all is well that ends well. The seat attachment was different, but I was able to piece it back together. A quick, before the shower test ride came back with a smile. And today on her first official day of school, she will ride in comfort, if not style.