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Neighbour's Kids TREK
Next door neighbour's kids bike broke outside ours today. It's a TREK
somethingorother 60. For about a 6-8 year old. Looked like a nice bike. The problem was on the front V brakes, the arm the front snake goes into had bent out of shape allowing the end of the snake to squeeze though. Not sure a kid should be able to exert enough force to do that? Jc |
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:00:37 -0000, "Josey" nospam@josey wrote:
Next door neighbour's kids bike broke outside ours today. It's a TREK somethingorother 60. For about a 6-8 year old. Looked like a nice bike. The problem was on the front V brakes, the arm the front snake goes into had bent out of shape allowing the end of the snake to squeeze though. Not sure a kid should be able to exert enough force to do that? This has recently been discussed here. It seems to be a very common problem with children's bikes especially. I have toyed with the idea of writing to trading standards about the problem, but, as yet, haven't got around to it. My layman's diagnosis is that the clip which holds the 'noodle' (not snake) in place is made of inferior quality metal which bends too easily. |
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"Tom Crispin" wrote in message My layman's diagnosis is that the clip which holds the 'noodle' (not snake) in place is made of inferior quality metal which bends too easily. Sorry, yes that's it, the clip the noodle goes into. That's exactly what I saw, too soft a metal. This is exacerbated by the slot cut in for the cable. I think there is a real safety issue here, and as I'm the one who has bent this one back into shape, I feel I have to do something about it. I'm going to contact TREK in the first instance, I will report back. The bike can't be more than a few months old. I'd appreciate a pointer to any previous threads on the subject, as I can't spot in google. thanks. Jc. |
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Tom Crispin writes:
My layman's diagnosis is that the clip which holds the 'noodle' (not snake) in place is made of inferior quality metal which bends too easily. Not to repeat the previous thread, but I think it is not so much materials but a design that has inherent vulnerabilities: 1: one end of the noodle is embedded in this clip, the other is relatively free to move. This gives leverage at the noodle--clip interface, so anything that pushes at the other end of the noodle has a lot of power to damage the clip. 2: Kids will frequently allow the handlebars to rotate too far (dropping it, etc -- we're not all Colyers here ;-) ) and in one direction this pushes the noodle against the down tube (my 4yo's bike has had no unsupervised use yet -- needs a push start, but quite good on independent UPDs -- and already has missing paint at that spot) Brendan -- Brendan Halpin, Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, Ireland Tel: w +353-61-213147 f +353-61-202569 h +353-61-338562; Room F2-025 x 3147 http://www.ul.ie/sociology/brendan.halpin.html |
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"Brendan Halpin" wrote in message 2: Kids will frequently allow the handlebars to rotate too far (dropping it, etc -- we're not all Colyers here ;-) ) and in one direction this pushes the noodle against the down tube Ahh, I didn't see what happend. I'd presumed she'd *pulled* the noodle though the clip, which is why I was scratching my head as to how it was done. This makes sense. I've seen here with the bike on the floor with the handlebars around the wrong way a few times. I've just checked what model it is, and it's not exactly a cheap kids bike: http://www.extremesports.ltd.uk/mtb/product43-1598.htm I'll email Trek and see what they say. I'm not sure I can do anything to protect the noodle. Jc. |
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:54:27 -0000, "Josey" nospam@josey wrote:
I'd appreciate a pointer to any previous threads on the subject, as I can't spot in google. thanks. http://tinyurl.com/3yleq3 from http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk....582b1814e32587 |
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"Tom Crispin" wrote in message http://tinyurl.com/3yleq3 from http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk....582b1814e32587 Ah, that thread, I had read the first couple of posts originally, but not followed it. It's scary how common this problem is. I have emailed Trek, we'll se what they say. If the reply is unsatisfactory I have a contact in Trading Standards. Jc. |
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:55:21 +0000, Brendan Halpin
wrote: Not to repeat the previous thread, but I think it is not so much materials but a design that has inherent vulnerabilities: 1: one end of the noodle is embedded in this clip, the other is relatively free to move. This gives leverage at the noodle--clip interface, so anything that pushes at the other end of the noodle has a lot of power to damage the clip. 2: Kids will frequently allow the handlebars to rotate too far (dropping it, etc -- we're not all Colyers here ;-) ) and in one direction this pushes the noodle against the down tube (my 4yo's bike has had no unsupervised use yet -- needs a push start, but quite good on independent UPDs -- and already has missing paint at that spot) An excellent diagnosis. The other day I found a child cycling a Hot Rod, which I had earlier checked, with the front brake disconected and handlebars rotated 360 degrees. Clearly the young lad was not one of Colyer's brood. ;-) |
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Tom Crispin wrote:
Clearly the young lad was not one of Colyer's brood. ;-) My daughter's Puky doesn't have V-brakes, so it's not an issue :-P -- Danny Colyer URL:http://www.colyer.plus.com/danny/ Reply address is valid, but that on my website is checked more often "Daddy, put that down. Daddy, put that down. Daddy, put that down. Daddy, why did you put that down?" - Charlie Colyer, age 2 |
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Tom Crispin writes:
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:55:21 +0000, Brendan Halpin wrote: 2: Kids will frequently allow the handlebars to rotate too far (dropping it, etc -- we're not all Colyers here ;-) ) and in one direction this pushes the noodle against the down tube (my 4yo's bike has had no unsupervised use yet -- needs a push start, but quite good on independent UPDs -- and already has missing paint at that spot) An excellent diagnosis. The other day I found a child cycling a Hot Rod, which I had earlier checked, with the front brake disconected and handlebars rotated 360 degrees. I have to admit that I checked more closely and the noodle on the 4yo's bike doesn't actually touch the frame in this case (so the paint chip is due to something else), though it does happen on his brother's bike. Brendan -- Brendan Halpin, Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, Ireland Tel: w +353-61-213147 f +353-61-202569 h +353-61-338562; Room F2-025 x 3147 http://www.ul.ie/sociology/brendan.halpin.html |
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