oooh, i let them have a quick supervised ride up and down the road for them to see how nice they are, but not ride ride no never, recently letting the wife use one bike when hers was out of action resulted in the zig zag on the black seatpost which made me really sad :cry: :cry:
happy for anyone to drive my car, but not ride my bikes :roll: :roll:
as a rule in will let other enthusiasts 'sample' a bike. but i even ask them not to change gear( as if im the only one that can?!) or pull a wheelie.
we put that much tlc into them its hard to let anybody have a go without intensely watching them for hundreds of yards, like your seeing the kids off to school.
im odd too.