The Bicycles That Wouldn't Work 🚲⚙️

Joe and Sam have been saving for months. Every coin. Every shiny bit of pocket money. Every heroic act of not buying sweets when the temptation was overwhelming. Today is finally the day they march into Pedalot's Bicycle Emporium to buy their dream bicycles.

Pedalot's is bursting with bikes of every shape, size, bell, basket, and unnecessarily exciting handlebar streamers. There are bicycles that gleam. There are bicycles that look fast even when standing still. There are bicycles with so many gears it seems excessive. Mr Pedalot loves bicycles with the sort of devotion normally reserved for newborn puppies and very fancy biscuits. He is helpful, enthusiastic, and the kind of man who might have strong feelings about proper chain maintenance.

The boys choose their bikes. They are magnificent. Perfect. Everything they hoped for. They pay with coins counted out carefully on the counter. They wheel their new bicycles out onto the high street with enormous grins and plans to ride all the way home showing off to absolutely everyone.

Then everything goes spectacularly wrong.

Disaster strikes on the high street in the way that only bicycle disasters can. Wobbling begins. Mechanical sounds that should not be happening start happening. The sort of crunching noise that makes your stomach drop. And suddenly the boys are stranded miles from home with no money left, no repair kit, and two bicycles that have apparently decided to stop working at the worst possible moment.

Panic rises. The street is busy. The bikes refuse to cooperate. Joe and Sam stand there trying to figure out what to do next when they stumble, quite by accident, into the Soggy Biscuit Tea Shop.

Mrs Crumbleton runs the Soggy Biscuit with warmth, tea, and the sort of practical common sense that only comes from years of dealing with minor catastrophes. Her shop smells like comfort and baked goods. Her cups are mismatched but perfect. And when two boys arrive looking lost with two broken bicycles, she does not panic. She listens. She serves tea. And then she suggests a solution that nobody would ever find in a bicycle repair manual but somehow makes complete and utter sense.

What follows is a joyful, slightly bonkers rescue mission involving creativity, teamwork, and the discovery that sometimes the best help comes from the most unexpected places. There is problem solving. There is quick thinking. There is the warm glow of realising that when things go wrong, there are still kind people in the world who will help you find a way forward.

This is a kids storytelling podcast episode full of friendship, adventure, and the kind of wholesome chaos that feels oddly true to life. It is the perfect audio story for children who like stories that start ordinary and become wonderfully strange. Parents will enjoy the warm humour, the gentle pace, and the satisfying calm at the end that makes it a lovely calming bedtime story choice.

Perfect for family listening during car journeys when you need something engaging, after school when everyone needs to wind down, or at bedtime when you want funny bedtime stories for kids that settle into something cosy. If you are searching for wholesome humour, problem solving adventures, and a bedtime story podcast that makes tired parents smile too, this bicycle disaster is exactly what you need.

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Episode length: approximately 9 minutes
Ages: 4 to 400
Best enjoyed: bedtime, car journeys, after school wind down

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