can the love of all things two-wheeled be a genetic trait?

Many of you know that Matt loves all things with two wheels.  Bikes, dirt bikes, motorcycles.... loves them!  

[Actually, I'm not sure Matt loves our electric scooter.  He is glad that I love it.  He is thankful that it gives me freedom to cover some territory with the kids in tow.  And he uses it to take the girls to school (since two girls won't fit on one bike).  But, all in all, I think his basic opinion of an electric scooter is not very favorable.  He thinks it's wimpy (and you must admit that it hardly compares to a motorcycle, even a little 250 cc has a lot more power than our scooter.)  Plus, he likes to point out that his peddle bike is just as fast as the scooter - and he's right. When we go out together I can pull ahead of him on some steep hills, but for the most part, he keeps pace with the scooter!]

Anyways, back to the love of most-all-things two wheeled. I think it might be a genetic trait.  And I am sure that Isaac got it.  

It's like Isaac has some sort of magnetic pull towards everything two-wheeled.  Bikes, motorcycles, even his big sister's purple unicorn bike with training wheels.  He loves them.  Wants to ride them, wants to touch them, wants to play with them.  

After lunch Matt got down his "real bike" (as opposed to the bike he rides most days, the one with a kid seat that he refers to as his 'grocery getter bike').  He 'parks' his real bike in our apartment, hanging it from the ceiling in the extra bedroom.  Every wife of a bike-lover knows that a bike that nice is not going to be left in some outdoor parking garage, and every husband in a cramped apartment in Asia knows that floor space is a premium..... so we landed on the "hang the bike from the ceiling" solution. 

So Matt gets his bike down and starts gearing up for an afternoon ride.  Isaac was so engaged in everything Matt did, I'm pretty sure he thought he was going too.  It was pure disappointment when Matt walked out the door with the bike and Isaac headed towards his bed for a nap :(  

I can't wait for them to go on rides together.  Isaac already loves to ride in the kid seat behind Matt.  And it won't be too many more years before he's ready for a bike with training wheels.  The next thing I know, the two of them will be headed out for a long morning ride.