85. Awesome American Girl Trail Bike

Parcecal, parcecal, parcecal

I want to open parcecal

Rip brown paper off

With some help from mini Cecile

To reveal a giant blue box. 

Ooooh

Bicycle bicycle bicycle. 

American Girl Trail Bike. 

The card has the year 2002 on it. The bike was listed as never removed from box, what a find. I've noticed 4 tiny signs of age: the card has brown humidity spots; the bike has a tiny rust spot on one of the pedals; the plastic strap on the   Lock strap was a tiny bit sticky but a quick wipe and it was gone; and there was a loose screw on one of the brake levers, fixed with a screw driver. 

The bike is flat packable, the handlebar can be pulled up and twisted, and the pedals have a ball joint to let them lay flush. 

The Lock strap. 

There's a little button on the left that releases the strap. The loose end just clicks back into place when you need to secure the bike. 

A little book with safety instructions and suggestions. 

Including -wear a helmet. 

So realistic. 

The chin strap is made of elastic with a clip you press to release and insert to secure. 

To stretch and sit firmly around the wearers head. 

In case of little accidents 

A kick stand on the rear wheel helps steady the bike when the doll is on it. It can actually be lifted up to allow the wheel to rotate on the ground. The rear wheel and the pedals are connected by a chain, and do not move independently of each other. It means that if the dolls feet are on the pedals you can't actually zoom the bike about,.... Well so I thought until I actually tried it, it seems the weight of the doll will actually let the wheel and chain move free of the actual pedals, yay but not if you want to go backwards, which is okay anyway. 

The hand brakes do spring back when released and if the screws are not done up too tight. The wires don't go further than the handle bars though. 

Seat with molded height adjuster. 

Using the seat is about the only thing I couldn't work out except for in this position. 

As their knees don't bend AGs use the bike in a standing position

The pedals have elastic straps for holding the riders feet in place. 

Hold on Cecile. 

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Just in case you were wondering, Mariana's leggings and shoes are from the Licorice play outfit. 

And

An articulated doll like Maddie looks very comfortable on the bike

(Pretty sure parcecal is not a word, but if you write it often enough the auto correct believes it is one and actually prompts it).