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Small recumbents resource online
Children, are you sitting comfortably? You could be...
Mark Stonich from Minneapolis, USA writes:
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I've started a new web page, showing recumbents built for kids, or small
adults.
http://mnhpva.org/Mini_Bents/Mini.html
A week ago I started with 8 of the little suckers, and have already added a dozen more as people have sent me links. A few are pretty crude, but there is an awesome 1/2 scale Challenge Hurricane.
Hope some builders can get inspiration from the pix. I hope this grows into a valuable resource for builders and parents. I plan to add a source guide for things like small pedals and levers and short cranks.
If you know of any other small 'bents, please send me Pix or URLs. I'd be glad to add them.
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Posted on 15 January 2003
Your comments ...| From: Seamus ([email protected]) on 16 January 2003 |
Dead impressed.
It was ummat I'd planned on doing for Byke Kultuur Never before Christmas but first I had problems extracting piccies from websites and then I got completely sidetracked with the Big List of Films.
There's a good few kiddie recumbents in the Netherlands. |
| From: David Gardiner ([email protected].) on 16 January 2003 |
| Just what my 8 year old daughter is looking for! Quetzal range looked interesting and good value (last Velo Vision) but apparently they may be tricky for children to ride. Other problem is that nearly all kids bikes are heavyweights so I'd imagine that the Hurricane Challenge (kids version) would live up to its name! |
| From: Andy Scaife ([email protected]) on 16 January 2003 |
| Wow! I thought I was fairly clued-up on HPVs, having built two for my daughter, but I had no idea how much was out there. I agree that a lot of kids stuff is heavy, and components are often poor, esp. wheels & brakes. Why is this so? Serious market underestimation methinks. You'd think that someone selling a kids HPV would realise that potential buyers will be Bike People, and not interested in shite steel rims and gas pipe! |
| From: gNick Green ([email protected]) on 20 January 2003 |
| Interesting comment that kids might find tiller steering difficult. Learning how to do things is what kids are all about - it's adults who find learning difficult. Kids are after all learning about everythin all the time whereas we tend to switch off... |
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