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Date: 17 Sep 2007 18:13:41
From: greenfoot
Subject: brakes on kids bikes
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Here is a question about the hand brakes on kids bikes. The levers
sit out so far from the handlebar grip that no child can reach it
while keeping his hand on the bar.
My 5 year hold has a bike and a scooter and can't reach the handbrakes
on either (lucky for coaster brakes). I can imagine he would be able
to reach them before about the age of 8 or so.
This is obviously moronic.... but where can I buy either a handbrake
lever or lever extender that he can reach?
thx
gf
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Date: 18 Sep 2007 19:44:42
From: landotter
Subject: Re: brakes on kids bikes
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On Sep 18, 9:11 pm, SMS <scharf.ste...@geemail.com > wrote:
> greenfoot wrote:
> > Here is a question about the hand brakes on kids bikes. The levers
> > sit out so far from the handlebar grip that no child can reach it
> > while keeping his hand on the bar.
>
> > My 5 year hold has a bike and a scooter and can't reach the handbrakes
> > on either (lucky for coaster brakes). I can imagine he would be able
> > to reach them before about the age of 8 or so.
>
> > This is obviously moronic.... but where can I buy either a handbrake
> > lever or lever extender that he can reach?
> > thx
> > gf
>
> The gooder kid's bikes will have adjustable reach brakes. The worser
> ones will be non-adjustable, with too much reach.
>
> I have a niece who's mother bought her a Target bicycle. I was able to
> convert the brake handles into adjustable reach with some drilling,
> tapping, and screwing of the levers. Basically the screws pushed the
> handle further in, just like the real adjustable levers. Then of course
> there is less distance between the pad and the rim, so you'd better not
> have a wheel that is too far out of true. Anyway, the brakes were way
> more better when I was done.
Hell yeah. Didn't think of that, but if you got a nice drill and tap
set, you should be able to do this in fifteen minutes, AFAIR, stuff
like the alloy levers are made of taps pretty fast, and it certainly
doesn't need to be terribly strong.
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Date: 19 Sep 2007 17:25:24
From: SMS
Subject: Re: brakes on kids bikes
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landotter wrote:
> Hell yeah. Didn't think of that, but if you got a nice drill and tap
> set, you should be able to do this in fifteen minutes, AFAIR, stuff
> like the alloy levers are made of taps pretty fast, and it certainly
> doesn't need to be terribly strong.
And then I told her to never buy a bicycle at Target again! The
subsequent bicycles have been from a real bike shop, other than the
gawd-awful Costco Motiv Smoothie bicycle her husband bought. It's not
that the components are that bad, but the useless front and rear
suspension on a hybrid makes it very heavy.
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Date: 18 Sep 2007 19:11:44
From: SMS
Subject: Re: brakes on kids bikes
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greenfoot wrote:
> Here is a question about the hand brakes on kids bikes. The levers
> sit out so far from the handlebar grip that no child can reach it
> while keeping his hand on the bar.
>
> My 5 year hold has a bike and a scooter and can't reach the handbrakes
> on either (lucky for coaster brakes). I can imagine he would be able
> to reach them before about the age of 8 or so.
>
> This is obviously moronic.... but where can I buy either a handbrake
> lever or lever extender that he can reach?
> thx
> gf
The gooder kid's bikes will have adjustable reach brakes. The worser
ones will be non-adjustable, with too much reach.
I have a niece who's mother bought her a Target bicycle. I was able to
convert the brake handles into adjustable reach with some drilling,
tapping, and screwing of the levers. Basically the screws pushed the
handle further in, just like the real adjustable levers. Then of course
there is less distance between the pad and the rim, so you'd better not
have a wheel that is too far out of true. Anyway, the brakes were way
more better when I was done.
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Date: 18 Sep 2007 09:16:29
From: greenfoot
Subject: Re: brakes on kids bikes
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On Sep 17, 8:29 pm, landotter <landot...@gmail.com > wrote:
> On Sep 17, 8:13 pm, greenfoot <barf...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Here is a question about the hand brakes on kids bikes. The levers
> > sit out so far from the handlebar grip that no child can reach it
> > while keeping his hand on the bar.
>
> > My 5 year hold has a bike and a scooter and can't reach the handbrakes
> > on either (lucky for coaster brakes). I can imagine he would be able
> > to reach them before about the age of 8 or so.
>
> > This is obviously moronic.... but where can I buy either a handbrake
> > lever or lever extender that he can reach?
> > thx
> > gf
>
> http://aebike.com/page.cfm?PageID=30&action=details&sku=BR7279
>
> Lots more out there with adjustable reach. FWIW, I've ordered and had
> very solid service from aebike. They also sell pairs of levers, but a
> lot of kids bikes just have one, thus the link.
Thanks. Looks like just what I need. Local bike shop didn't have
anything. Now my kid will be able to stop his scooter without having
to jump off!
gf
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Date: 18 Sep 2007 13:43:38
From: catzz66
Subject: Re: brakes on kids bikes
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greenfoot wrote:
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> Thanks. Looks like just what I need. Local bike shop didn't have
> anything. Now my kid will be able to stop his scooter without having
> to jump off!
> gf
>
When I was his age, that was my normal bike dismount. It's a wonder any
bike of mine survived. =]
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Date: 18 Sep 2007 01:29:32
From: landotter
Subject: Re: brakes on kids bikes
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On Sep 17, 8:13 pm, greenfoot <barf...@hotmail.com > wrote:
> Here is a question about the hand brakes on kids bikes. The levers
> sit out so far from the handlebar grip that no child can reach it
> while keeping his hand on the bar.
>
> My 5 year hold has a bike and a scooter and can't reach the handbrakes
> on either (lucky for coaster brakes). I can imagine he would be able
> to reach them before about the age of 8 or so.
>
> This is obviously moronic.... but where can I buy either a handbrake
> lever or lever extender that he can reach?
> thx
> gf
http://aebike.com/page.cfm?PageID=30&action=details&sku=BR7279
Lots more out there with adjustable reach. FWIW, I've ordered and had
very solid service from aebike. They also sell pairs of levers, but a
lot of kids bikes just have one, thus the link.
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