its running in the blood!

[snydur]

well my little sitser start preschool tomorrow, and i went to get her shoes to clean them up, and i noticed this

little flat spot there. well whats so special bout that? this

my shoes/brakes for my bike.
so i asked her, what did you get this from? her answer was perfect "theyre my brakes for my bike like yours"
coaster brake and hand brakes on a 12" bike with training wheels, and she uses her shoes.

gotta love them

 

[ozzmonaut]

Ah yes, throw the shoe over the rear tire. Classic!

 

[snydur]

heck nah! hahah. we drag ours in the blacktop

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

That's funny :lol:

 

[Oak Tree]

I saw a homeless guy the other day stop his bike by putting both shoe heels on either side of the back tire right over the seat stay. Just like a caliper brake. it worked great and he had it stopped on a dime.

 

[rydr1]

Man, that is an awesome story. My little girl was just born and I can't wait till she can ride with her mother and I.

I had to share the story with my wife and she loved it.

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[snydur]

wel shes been in school for afew days, which is geat. they have some of those cool oversized trikes from harbor freight there. apparently she liks hose. ive decided that she needs cool old biek to learn to ride on. thinking a pixie or 16 inch kiddie criser. definately will be my next build :mrgreen:

 

[yoothgeye]

wel shes been in school for afew days, which is geat. they have some of those cool oversized trikes from harbor freight there. apparently she liks hose. ive decided that she needs cool old biek to learn to ride on. thinking a pixie or 16 inch kiddie criser. definately will be my next build :mrgreen:

They advertised those Harbor Freight trike for $32, I went in and they were out of stock so I got a rain check ticket, kept it for a year and went and got the trike for $32. My son loves it.

As for learning to ride on, I "built" him a balance bike out of his older sisters old 12" bike, I removed the crank, cut the seat tube shorter, and bent in the rear stays to run a front tire in the back too (no real need to do that, just looks cleaner and makes it lighter). His training wheels were teaching him nothing, after having the balance bike for 2 days he can ride it with his feet off the ground for about 30-40 feet.

Next step is to take the training wheels off his 12" Specialized Hotrock and let him go.