School had just let out and his mother did not have any plans for Eric , then 11 , and his brother , 9 .
Asked where this tradition of riding as a family came from , Eric brought up the summer of 1977 .
School had just let out and Eric 's mother did not have any plans Eric Eric , then 11 , and his brother , 9 .
Asked where this tradition of riding as a family came from , Eric brought up the summer of 1977 .