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Date: 18 Sep 2007 07:32:34
From: Cully_J
Subject: Kids and bikes
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Hello,
I'm wondering ar what age do you think most children *graduate* to a
bike with multiple gears and hand brakes. Or, in my daughter's words a
"big girl bike".
Do you folks know anything about this?
Regards,
Cullen
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Date: 18 Sep 2007 23:51:59
From: Mike Jacoubowsky
Subject: Re: Kids and bikes
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> I'm wondering ar what age do you think most children *graduate* to a
> bike with multiple gears and hand brakes. Or, in my daughter's words a
> "big girl bike".
>
> Do you folks know anything about this?
>
> Regards,
> Cullen
Just about anything involving kids is one of those "your mileage may vary"
sort of things, but, in general, most 6 year olds are able to adapt to hand
brakes and gears. The hand brakes are really the most-important issue, since
they don't have to actually use the gears if they have trouble with
shifting. At 6, you're talking about a bike with 20" wheels, and at 8-9 or
so, you can usually move up to 24" wheels.
--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
"Cully_J" <acarter@new.rr.com > wrote in message
news:1190125954.904414.228460@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
>
> I'm wondering ar what age do you think most children *graduate* to a
> bike with multiple gears and hand brakes. Or, in my daughter's words a
> "big girl bike".
>
> Do you folks know anything about this?
>
> Regards,
> Cullen
>
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Date: 18 Sep 2007 14:00:50
From: williamtash
Subject: Re: Kids and bikes
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Ok I think I have just been throught this with two kids my grandkids I
ride 20 to 50 miles every other day they want to ride with me The
yoouger one was just 7 when she got a gear bike she does about 10 miles
on sunday rides the other was trying to decided between a gear bike and
a stunt bike. He was 8 when he decided on a gear bike but they both had
been riding bikes since they were 3 years old. Have the child test one
out and see how they like it. That would be if they ride. Not just
around the block or the pool up the street
--
williamtash
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Date: 18 Sep 2007 19:36:21
From: Leo Lichtman
Subject: Re: Kids and bikes
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Wait at least until after the training wheels have been removed. ;-)
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Date: 18 Sep 2007 18:14:18
From: landotter
Subject: Re: Kids and bikes
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On Sep 18, 11:44 am, Cully_J <acar...@new.rr.com > wrote:
> On Sep 18, 9:32 am, Cully_J <acar...@new.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
>
> > I'm wondering ar what age do you think most children *graduate* to a
> > bike with multiple gears and hand brakes. Or, in my daughter's words a
> > "big girl bike".
>
> > Do you folks know anything about this?
>
> > Regards,
> > Cullen
>
> I suppose I meant to ask, for cyclists with children, "What is the
> typical age a child moves to a bike with gears and hand brakes?".
>
> Do you guys remember when you started riding such a bike?
When mine got a flat and I had to borrow granny's 2 spd Bendix hubbed
bike. Got a derailleur bike at around age ten.
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Date: 18 Sep 2007 13:31:35
From: Dana Myers
Subject: Re: Kids and bikes
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landotter wrote:
> When mine got a flat and I had to borrow granny's 2 spd Bendix hubbed
> bike. Got a derailleur bike at around age ten.
I can barely remember the hand-me-down Bendix-hubbed bike I
learned on; I got a derailleur bike at 8, and I was in deathly
fear of "stripping the gears" on it for at least a year afterwards.
I still have no idea what my Dad was talking about.
Dana
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Date: 18 Sep 2007 09:44:01
From: Cully_J
Subject: Re: Kids and bikes
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On Sep 18, 9:32 am, Cully_J <acar...@new.rr.com > wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm wondering ar what age do you think most children *graduate* to a
> bike with multiple gears and hand brakes. Or, in my daughter's words a
> "big girl bike".
>
> Do you folks know anything about this?
>
> Regards,
> Cullen
I suppose I meant to ask, for cyclists with children, "What is the
typical age a child moves to a bike with gears and hand brakes?".
Do you guys remember when you started riding such a bike?
Thanks,
Cullen
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Date: 19 Sep 2007 06:58:35
From: Claire Petersky
Subject: Re: Kids and bikes
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"Cully_J" <acarter@new.rr.com > wrote in message
news:1190133841.158669.152050@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
> On Sep 18, 9:32 am, Cully_J <acar...@new.rr.com> wrote:
> I suppose I meant to ask, for cyclists with children, "What is the
> typical age a child moves to a bike with gears and hand brakes?".
>
> Do you guys remember when you started riding such a bike?
I got a three speed in the third grade. I think that's about when we got a
21 speed for our girls. I needed a "geared" bike to ride to school properly
and to my piano lessons, as there were hills.
--
Warm Regards,
Claire Petersky
http://www.bicyclemeditations.org/
See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky
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Date: 18 Sep 2007 16:23:44
From: Leo Lichtman
Subject: Re: Kids and bikes
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"Cully_J" wrote: (clip) Do you folks know anything about this?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I would give the sane answer as to the question, "When is it time to begin a
child's sex education?" Answer: "When they ask."
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Date: 18 Sep 2007 08:42:56
From: Will
Subject: Re: Kids and bikes
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On Sep 18, 9:32 am, Cully_J <acar...@new.rr.com > wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm wondering ar what age do you think most children *graduate* to a
> bike with multiple gears and hand brakes. Or, in my daughter's words a
> "big girl bike".
>
> Do you folks know anything about this?
>
> Regards,
> Cullen
Don't make it an age thing. Tie it to use. If your daughter is riding
several miles or dealing with hills, gears make sense. If she's going
to the community pool at the other end of the neighborhood, it
probably doesn't.
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Date: 18 Sep 2007 13:27:41
From: Dana Myers
Subject: Re: Kids and bikes
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Will wrote:
> Don't make it an age thing. Tie it to use. If your daughter is riding
> several miles or dealing with hills, gears make sense. If she's going
> to the community pool at the other end of the neighborhood, it
> probably doesn't.
My sister, born in 1950, simply doesn't like derailleur gears.
In her case, age has nothing to do with it :-)
Dana
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