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Don Whybrow
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David Hansen wrote:
>
> I haven't evaluated the use of feet as brakes, but I assume that
> they are rather less efficient than the brakes fitted to bikes even
> if your daughter is unable to lock the wheels with them.
My youngest has one of these ...
<http://www.tredz.co.uk/ProductDetail.asp?ProductID=13447>
The return springs are too strong for her to squeeze against and she is
unable to apply the brakes with any force.
On the flat, at the speeds she can get up to, feet often do a better job.
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Don Whybrow
Sequi Bonum Non Time
"This is all very interesting, and I daresay you already see me
frothing at the mouth in a fit; but no, I am not; I am just
winking happy thoughts into a little tiddle cup." (Nabokov,
Lolita)
>
> I haven't evaluated the use of feet as brakes, but I assume that
> they are rather less efficient than the brakes fitted to bikes even
> if your daughter is unable to lock the wheels with them.
My youngest has one of these ...
<http://www.tredz.co.uk/ProductDetail.asp?ProductID=13447>
The return springs are too strong for her to squeeze against and she is
unable to apply the brakes with any force.
On the flat, at the speeds she can get up to, feet often do a better job.
--
Don Whybrow
Sequi Bonum Non Time
"This is all very interesting, and I daresay you already see me
frothing at the mouth in a fit; but no, I am not; I am just
winking happy thoughts into a little tiddle cup." (Nabokov,
Lolita)