Kid Bent?

[98gtw]

I'm beginning the search for a bent appropriate for my 7-year-old daughter. I had considered
building one, even bought an acetylene torch, but I know that's not in the cards. Saw the Quetzals
on ebay, and that's one option.

Any ideas?

TIA
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Dave 98GTW [email protected] (remove nospam to reply directly) Presto, Presto II, Screamer

 

[Joshua Goldberg]

Go with the Quetzal, they are uncomplicated and parts are available...low cost too. No real downside
I can think of. Nirvana Kiddie bents too are a good choice.
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"98GTW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm beginning the search for a bent appropriate for my 7-year-old
daughter.
> I had considered building one, even bought an acetylene torch, but I know that's not in the cards.
> Saw the Quetzals on ebay, and that's one option.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA
> --
> Dave 98GTW [email protected] (remove nospam to reply directly) Presto, Presto II, Screamer

 

[Calhoun Cycle >]

Mark Stonich of Bikesnith Design (http://www.bikesmithdesign.com) and MN HPVa has recently put
together a great page of kids recumbents: http://www.mnhpva.org/Mini_Bents/Mini.html
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Mary Breen

Calhoun Cycle > Recumbents & Folders 3342 Hennepin Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55408

http://www.calhouncycle.com

 

[Torben Scheel]

I'm building one right now : http://www.scheel.net/hpv.dk/juniorliggecykel.asp

I can translate the text if you would like it, and will add pictures of seat and the progress of the
frame (the frame is almost finished) I'm basing the design on this description (PDF) :
http://www.hpvklub.dk/pdf/ChildRecumbentBike.pdf (it has to be modified to fit a 6-7 yo)

If i had the tools and skill i would build this :
http://home.hccnet.nl/Mark.Maier/recumbents.html#kiddicane

More inspiration : http://mnhpva.org/Mini_Bents/Mini.html

Good luck with it! Torben

"98GTW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm beginning the search for a bent appropriate for my 7-year-old
daughter.
> I had considered building one, even bought an acetylene torch, but I know that's not in the cards.
> Saw the Quetzals on ebay, and that's one option.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA
> --
> Dave 98GTW [email protected] (remove nospam to reply directly) Presto, Presto II, Screamer

 

[Lewis Campbell]

You might want to check this link:-

http://www.mnhpva.org/Mini_Bents/Mini.html

Hope this helps.

Lewis.

http://home.earthlink.net/~limeylew/index.html ................

98GTW <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> I'm beginning the search for a bent appropriate for my 7-year-old daughter. I had considered
> building one, even bought an acetylene torch, but I know that's not in the cards. Saw the Quetzals
> on ebay, and that's one option.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA

 

[Mike Brisson]

Re: the Quetzel. This is a quote from the http://www.mnhpva.org/Mini_Bents/Mini.html site: "With
large amounts of trail/wheelflop, straight bars and no tiller, these two little heavyweights are
certain to convince a whole new generation of riders that recumbents are harder to ride than
uprights."

"Joshua Goldberg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Go with the Quetzal, they are uncomplicated and parts are available...low cost too. No real
> downside I can think of. Nirvana Kiddie bents too are a good choice.
> ----------------------------------------------
> "98GTW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I'm beginning the search for a bent appropriate for my 7-year-old
> daughter.
> > I had considered building one, even bought an acetylene torch, but I
know
> > that's not in the cards. Saw the Quetzals on ebay, and that's one option.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > TIA
> > --
> > Dave 98GTW [email protected] (remove nospam to reply directly) Presto, Presto II,
> > Screamer

 

[Joshua Goldberg]

Nope, disagree The original question was someone sees a Quetzal on Ebay, I assume this is a very low
cost and used bent. Wholesale they are very low cost. Now a Quetzal (has it's little oddities) but
at a few hundred dollars U cannot compare the Kiddie Quetzal to and an Easy Racer GRR), what you get
is fairly good. The bent adapts to the growth of the rider to age 12, so here is a bent with a
lifespan of 5 years at a cost of maybe $30.00 per year. Parts are readily available....AND the
father can make whatever changes are needed.........now what is the downside to that? I added
Nirvana for Kiddie bents, they are doing a bent that would be better than the Quetzal BUT it costs
lots more and is NOT on Ebay..tah dah
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"Mike Brisson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Re: the Quetzel. This is a quote from the http://www.mnhpva.org/Mini_Bents/Mini.html site: "With
> large amounts of trail/wheelflop, straight bars and no tiller, these two little
heavyweights
> are certain to convince a whole new generation of riders that recumbents
are
> harder to ride than uprights."
>
>
> "Joshua Goldberg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Go with the Quetzal, they are uncomplicated and parts are
available...low
> > cost too. No real downside I can think of. Nirvana Kiddie bents too are a good choice.
> > ----------------------------------------------
> > "98GTW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > I'm beginning the search for a bent appropriate for my 7-year-old
> > daughter.
> > > I had considered building one, even bought an acetylene torch, but I
> know
> > > that's not in the cards. Saw the Quetzals on ebay, and that's one option.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > TIA
> > > --
> > > Dave 98GTW [email protected] (remove nospam to reply directly) Presto, Presto II,
> > > Screamer
> >
>

 

[Mike Brisson]

Good points, Joshua. I have no case to make about the Quetzel one way or the other. Just sharing
some info I ran across. Michael

"Joshua Goldberg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> Nope, disagree The original question was someone sees a Quetzal on Ebay, I assume this is
a
> very low cost and used bent. Wholesale they are very low cost. Now a Quetzal (has it's little
> oddities) but at a few hundred dollars U cannot compare the Kiddie Quetzal to and an Easy Racer
> GRR), what you get
is
> fairly good. The bent adapts to the growth of the rider to age 12, so here is a bent
with
> a lifespan of 5 years at a cost of maybe $30.00 per year. Parts are
readily
> available....AND the father can make whatever changes are
needed.........now
> what is the downside to that? I added Nirvana for Kiddie bents, they are doing a bent that
> would be
better
> than the Quetzal BUT it costs lots more and is NOT on Ebay..tah dah
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> ----------------------------
> "Mike Brisson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Re: the Quetzel. This is a quote from the http://www.mnhpva.org/Mini_Bents/Mini.html site: "With
> > large amounts of trail/wheelflop, straight bars and no tiller, these two little
> heavyweights
> > are certain to convince a whole new generation of riders that recumbents
> are
> > harder to ride than uprights."
> >
> >
> > "Joshua Goldberg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Go with the Quetzal, they are uncomplicated and parts are
> available...low
> > > cost too. No real downside I can think of. Nirvana Kiddie bents too are a good choice.
> > > ----------------------------------------------
> > > "98GTW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > news:[email protected]...
> > > > I'm beginning the search for a bent appropriate for my 7-year-old
> > > daughter.
> > > > I had considered building one, even bought an acetylene torch, but
I
> > know
> > > > that's not in the cards. Saw the Quetzals on ebay, and that's one option.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > TIA
> > > > --
> > > > Dave 98GTW [email protected] (remove nospam to reply directly) Presto, Presto II,
> > > > Screamer
> > >
> > >
> >
>