Ride with him- If you can't keep up, get an E-bike.
I am serious.
I know of a young elite female mtb racer- Her mother was very protective of her and didn't want her to do road rides alone.
At a certain point it was holding back her progress.
The solution was an E-bike so mom could ride along, keep up and feel safe about what her daughter was doing.
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Originally Posted by Mikej
So my son and I are very much into mountain bike racing. Now that he has moved up and become faster over the past 5 years, he is asking about a road bike for training etc. He is already pretty strong. We have a Mut here and there are plenty of out of the way roads and rides, however, I will be unable to accompany him all of the time. I am looking for real life experiences of others who have been in this situation. He is already comfortable riding for 5+ hours with his team mates and extended teenage gang of knuckle draggers, but of course a road bike is a ROAD BIKE. You can make all of the rules you’d like, but I know better, the force is strong with this one-
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