Need to get sedentary grandson off his ars3

Gubbins

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Early 20's gamer grandson with stage one moobs wants to try cycling but wont, so i suspect he is to embarrassed to try in case he looks foolish on the hills.
His dad thinks an emtb might get him into it and Halfords seems the most logical place to get a cheap emtb except for the cutouts well documented in other threads. I havnt read of any lately so does that mean the problem is fixed?
 

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Fat Rat

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Take the tv control off him
He will have to get off his backside then to change channel
That will help ease him in :)
 
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soundwave

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Take the tv control off him
He will have to get off his backside then to change channel
That will help ease him in :)
my tv has a remote app for my phone :p

say to him if you loose 5 stone then a 2080ti gaming rig will be the reward ;)
 
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Trevormonty

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Build a ebike by adding kit. The project would be a good father son experience, would also show him how to maintain bike.
 
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soundwave

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the lighter i get the faster i go :D
 

Gubbins

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Conveniently they have an old hybrid road bike that could be a donor bike so have made the conversion sugestion, although I think they would be better buying a decent MTB raher than spend money on a bike that needs new gears cranks and brakes so is essentialy scrap.
 

Dom T

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Second hand maybe ? Or one which has the same battery as your's so when he gives it up you can salvage the battery ??? Just a thought
 
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D C

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i suspect he is to embarrassed to try in case he looks foolish on the hills.
Will he be okay with the "cheating" accusations he's likely to suffer, it would be a shame if it stopped him using the bike.
Dave.
 

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