the lure of the dark side starts young
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At Manchester's Bike 'Festival' this afternoon, sonandheir
had his first encounter with the dark side. He was most
taken with 'bent trike. Shouts of 'look!' 'wow!' and 'I want
one!'. When bloke-on-bent gave him a new shiny bike bell,
his fate was sealed.
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On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 15:37:35 +0100, audrey wrote:
> At Manchester's Bike 'Festival' this afternoon, sonandheir
> had his first encounter with the dark side. He was most
> taken with 'bent trike. Shouts of 'look!' 'wow!' and 'I
> want one!'.
How old?
> When bloke-on-bent gave him a new shiny bike bell, his
> fate was sealed.
I've seen some very cute kiddie-recumbents on the web.
Unfortunately mostly home-made.
AC
On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 02:54:53 +0100, anonymous coward
<anonymous.coward@nospam.nowhere> wrote:
>On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 15:37:35 +0100, audrey wrote:
>
>> At Manchester's Bike 'Festival' this afternoon,
>> sonandheir had his first encounter with the dark side. He
>> was most taken with 'bent trike. Shouts of 'look!' 'wow!'
>> and 'I want one!'.
>
>How old?
4.5
>
>> When bloke-on-bent gave him a new shiny bike bell, his
>> fate was sealed.
>
>I've seen some very cute kiddie-recumbents on the web.
>Unfortunately mostly home-made.
>
Since Mummy is only half way through her Bike Maintenance
for Beginners course, it is likely to be some time before
she progresses to home-made bents :-)
A
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anonymous coward wrote:
> I've seen some very cute kiddie-recumbents on the web.
> Unfortunately mostly home-made.
KMX Kart - available from a bentmonger near you
http://www.kinetics.org.uk/html/kmx_kart.shtml
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On 15/6/04 8:57 am, in article fsatc01sf5aafakk5el54cghg3j12i00ki@4ax.com,
"audrey" <me@privacy.net> wrote:
> Since Mummy is only half way through her Bike Maintenance
> for Beginners course, it is likely to be some time before
> she progresses to home-made bents :-)
You could do worse than a KMX-KART. See www.kinetics.org.uk.
Looks cool.
Don't let my kids see that link.
..d
On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:15:31 +0100, David Martin
<d.m.a.martin@dundee.ac.uk> wrote:
>On 15/6/04 8:57 am, in article
>fsatc01sf5aafakk5el54cghg3j12i00ki@4ax.com, "audrey"
><me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> Since Mummy is only half way through her Bike Maintenance
>> for Beginners course, it is likely to be some time before
>> she progresses to home-made bents :-)
>
>You could do worse than a KMX-KART. See
>www.kinetics.org.uk. Looks cool.
>
>Don't let my kids see that link.
>
and don't let mine see the trets
http://www.kinetics.org.uk/html/trets.shtml
A
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anonymous coward <anonymous.coward@nospam.nowhere> writes:
>On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 15:37:35 +0100, audrey wrote:
>> At Manchester's Bike 'Festival' this afternoon,
>> sonandheir had his first encounter with the dark side. He
>> was most taken with 'bent trike. Shouts of 'look!' 'wow!'
>> and 'I want one!'.
>How old?
>> When bloke-on-bent gave him a new shiny bike bell, his
>> fate was sealed.
>I've seen some very cute kiddie-recumbents on the web.
>Unfortunately mostly home-made.
This is a DIY kit to convert regular kid's bike into a
recumbent: http://www.ligfiets.net/fietsen/type.php3?id=114
Reports from the latest Cyclevision mentioned 'bent trikes
for kids that were regular products. Most parents seemed
unable to resist buying them...
Roos
On 15/6/04 9:46 am, in article 40ceb749$0$48933$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl,
"Roos Eisma" <roos@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> This is a DIY kit to convert regular kid's bike into a
> recumbent:
> http://www.ligfiets.net/fietsen/type.php3?id=114
>
> Reports from the latest Cyclevision mentioned 'bent trikes
> for kids that were regular products. Most parents seemed
> unable to resist buying them...
Now that is tempting.. I have a spare 16" girls bike at
home.... The impression I get is that it is a glue and screw
fitting, rather than requiring any welding etc. I can
translate about half of the Dutch, but some of the more
technical bits are a mystery.
Hmm... wonder if it will fit on the raleigh...
..d
David Martin <d.m.a.martin@dundee.ac.uk> writes:
>Now that is tempting.. I have a spare 16" girls bike at
>home.... The impression I get is that it is a glue and
>screw fitting, rather than requiring any welding etc. I can
>translate about half of the Dutch, but some of the more
>technical bits are a mystery.
>Hmm... wonder if it will fit on the raleigh...
The manufacturer has a little bit more info:
http://www.spidernet.nl/~de_liggende_hollander/dekidt.html
What you get is: drawings and descriptions, birch multiplex
for the front frame, preformed wooden seat, breathable seat
cushion, bottom bracket etc, steer lengthener, chain and
chain protector, materials to montage it onto the bike, and
glue, nails etc.
What you need is: One or more hands, one or more weekends, a
wedgie, tools like hammer, screwdriver, glue clamp
(translation?), drill, and for the nicely rounded lines a
[mumblemubmle] saw.
They do mention that the quality of the starting bike
affects the end result, and improvisation may be needed if
the frame has a non-standard shape. I've got the impression
that they expect a coasterbrake on the bike, which is very
standard in the NL, don't know about here.
If you order one I wouldn't mind helping out. I can point at
tools better than think of the English word :)
Roos
David Martin wrote:
> On 15/6/04 9:46 am, in article
> 40ceb749$0$48933$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl, "Roos Eisma"
> <roos@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
>
>>This is a DIY kit to convert regular kid's bike into a
>>recumbent:
>>http://www.ligfiets.net/fietsen/type.php3?id=114
>>
>>Reports from the latest Cyclevision mentioned 'bent trikes
>>for kids that were regular products. Most parents seemed
>>unable to resist buying them...
>
>
>
> Now that is tempting.. I have a spare 16" girls bike at
> home.... The impression I get is that it is a glue and
> screw fitting, rather than requiring any welding etc. I
> can translate about half of the Dutch, but some of the
> more technical bits are a mystery.
>
Well, you have to cut the main structural member to shape
out of (supplied) plywood, which sort of rules out welding.
Roger
Roos Eisma wrote:
> What you need is: One or more hands, one or more weekends,
> a wedgie, tools like hammer, screwdriver, glue clamp
> (translation?),
[Glueing] clamp (says Mr Van Dale). G-cramp, I would say.
> drill, and for the nicely rounded
> lines a [mumblemubmle] saw.
Decoupeerzaag is a jigsaw. Not sure about the other one, and
my technical dictionary has gone walkabout...
Cheers
Roger
On 15/6/04 11:21 am, in article 40cecd96$0$36860$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl,
"Roos Eisma" <roos@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> David Martin <d.m.a.martin@dundee.ac.uk> writes:
>
>> Now that is tempting.. I have a spare 16" girls bike at
>> home.... The impression I get is that it is a glue and
>> screw fitting, rather than requiring any welding etc. I
>> can translate about half of the Dutch, but some of the
>> more technical bits are a mystery.
>
>> Hmm... wonder if it will fit on the raleigh...
>
> The manufacturer has a little bit more info:
>
> http://www.spidernet.nl/~de_liggende_hollander/dekidt.html
>
> What you get is: drawings and descriptions, birch
> multiplex for the front frame, preformed wooden seat,
> breathable seat cushion, bottom bracket etc, steer
> lengthener, chain and chain protector, materials to
> montage it onto the bike, and glue, nails etc.
I didn't do too badly then (re. other comments about the
similarity between norwegian and dutch). I didn't get birch
but did get that it was a wooden beam, didn't get
breathable but got the rest. I understood the concept of
the 'glue clamp'.
>
> What you need is: One or more hands, one or more weekends,
> a wedgie, tools like hammer, screwdriver, glue clamp
> (translation?), drill, and for the nicely rounded lines a
> [mumblemubmle] saw.
I have a hand jigsaw though a bench one may be better, and
have a belt sander that could be used to round things off.
> They do mention that the quality of the starting bike
> affects the end result, and improvisation may be needed if
> the frame has a non-standard shape. I've got the
> impression that they expect a coasterbrake on the bike,
> which is very standard in the NL, don't know about here.
The donor bike doesn't have a coaster brake.
> If you order one I wouldn't mind helping out. I can point
> at tools better than think of the English word :)
This would be Rachel's old bike (I think you met her the
other week).
It would be interesting to do and write up for one of the
magazines..
..d
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