Butch
Active Member
After 40 years of riding and owing MANY bikes....YES, this has happened many, many times.
You just can't sweat the small stuff. They're KIDS! It's their JOB to be inquisitive and want to touch something that is so big and shiny and noisy and looks like exactly what it IS....a "toy"....it is maybe a "grown-up" toy, but it IS a toy, and kids like toys!
Now don't get me wrong Boys. I would NEVER let my own kids touch something that didn't belong to them, and the parents should be far more diligent about their kid's behavior.
But don't blame the kids...what they're doing is what comes naturally to them!
And when you come right down to it, it's highly unlikely they'll actually do any harm to our bikes...they're just not all that delicate!
Now when I see ADULTS touching my bike....WHOLE different story...I'm not so understanding!
While I agree Richard that kids are kids and don't know any better, until taught. It's just plain inexcusiable that the parent(s) allow it, and not teach the kids boundaries.