Loved cargo bike test ride with my 4 year old son, I am officially in a new phase of my riding journey

I test rode a cargo bike with my son last weekend and my cycling life has now taken a new shift.

When I was a kid, my bike was my freedom (like every 90s teenager). I rode to school every single day (mostly without helmet, I am not proud of it or endorsing it, but that just part of being a teenager) And so I did all kind of stupid things like standing on pedals going downhill just (mostly to show off) One time I was racing a friend to school and almost got clipped by a car cutting through an intersection. I was terrible I swear.

Then in my early 20s I got into mountain biking and yk thats whole different level of risks. Also, broke my collarbone on a trail I had ridden dozens of times before. Just a weird front wheel washout on a root I'd cleared a hundred times. Spent 6 weeks in a sling but was back on the bike right after getting cleared by doc. But ofcourse Still didnt slow down.

Then around 30 I got an ebike for commuting and it has been amazing partner for my corporate life. And while I am now very responsible and cautious, still I have shown negligance a few times. Like would forget to charge it and kinda dragged it up hills in work clothes. One time the battery died at night and since the lights were connected to the battery I rode the last 2 miles home in complete darkness (after that I have been allot more careful). But when I look back I can tell that most of the things I went through were my own doings. Like crashing and, when I got stranded, but that was mainly me making a bad decision, and so kinda payed the price myself.

But having my son on the back changes the way I think about riding completely. Because now if something happens i wont be the only one paying price, my son will also suffer (which i dont want in million years) And so now I have started being a very responsible rider. To the point that now battery range and traffic awareness and visibility of my bike at night are very important for me.

The idea of getting stranded with my son on the back is kinda concerning me alott. To the point that I know I am also gonna get a spare battery with the bike and keep it with me.

Also in the test ride, I really liked the rear camera and radar and even though I never used it throughout my life. The back camera’s footage on screen was very helpful. Because before I never checked over my shoulders alott but with my son I was doing it soo much and then i realised that I had it on screen, so I started using that instead.

Also it was one of the things, I was thinking I would get removed from the bike but after the test ride (makes alott of sense) because I keep thinking the safer the better.