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First bike . . .
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Kenneth Walker of Kansas City's Major Taylor Foundation writes about some recent experiences with boys in his family and neighborhood:

Watching Boy with bicyclethe boys, Dell spoke up and said he would like to try riding a bike. We went to the attic, pulled out a frame, some wheels, handlebars and a seat and fitted him, right there in our living room, with his first bicycle ever. I grabbed my camera before he got it, and when Christian handed that bike over to Dell...OH MY GOD!...that 13 year old cracked the first smile I had ever seen on his face. I wanted to cry... And I know it was real, 'cause it was gone just as fast. But I did get the picture! What a special moment for my family and MTFGKC! This is what we were MEANT to do.

I fitted him with some riding clothes, shoes, helmet and gloves and made him go get dressed in them. When he came out, you could just see that somehow he was different. It was just in his face. He rode around in front of our house on that bike for hours.

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