When I was growing up, I felt like the luckiest kid in the world because I spent every other weekend with my old man, racing bikes. And that, if you ask me, is the best thing in the world. But there are loads of other reasons to take your kids racing. Here are ten of them?

It?ll keep them out of trouble

Do you want your kids hanging around on street corners, sniffing glue and learning new swearwords" No, I didn?t think so. That?s probably where I would have wasted the majority of my youth, if I wasn?t racing bikes. The best way to stop kids throwing eggs at coppers and nicking Mars bars from Co-op, is to put take them racing.

It?ll keep you out of the pub

And whilst it?s keeping them off the street corners, it?ll keep you from drinking your life away down the  pub. Don?t worry, there will still be time for a few pints on a Sunday night, once the racing?s finished. In fact, you never know, the kids might even treat you to a pint every now and then to say thanks. But don?t count on it.
It?ll give their life focus

Life?s better when you?ve got something to look forward to, especially if you?re a child. In fact, more than that, it?ll give them something to concentrate on. Something to engage them, and their brain, rather than boring maths questions at school and mind numbing computer games at night.

It?s excellent bribery material

Everyone bribes their kids. It?s a big part of parenting. ?If you stop crying, you can have a lolly pop?. That ...