Racing is more fun when your family also loves it.. My wife always jokes that my son and I would race school buses against each other if we could. When we have cookouts,we always seem to wind up racing riding lawn mowers.My 9 year old grandsons love drag racing the bicycles. They all love going to the track and it's great family time. Do we like to win ? yes but the family time is well worth it even with a loss. But I agree if you need a brake,put it in a corner for while. You just never know who will spark your interest again. It may be some old guy moving in next door !