New Kid's Bikes

[Peter Pesce]

Many here are often lamenting the lack of good kids bikes.

Apparently Linus showed a couple of new kid's models at Interbike this week:

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/A3RfCWhCYAAXeq7.jpg:large

I wasn't there, so I have no info on pricing, availability or sizing. Just saw this on Twitter and thought the Bunch would be interested.

Pete in CT

[cyclotourist]

THANKS Pete! Linus looks to be filling quite a niche. I'm wishing them the best!

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[Peter Morgano]

Whaaat! My Daughter would flip over the little red one.  Real 3 piece crank and decent component group is hard to find in a "classic" looking kids bike.

[Peter Pesce]

Just found another pic on Urban Velo.

http://urbanvelo.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/interbike_2012_148.jpg

Not 3-piece cranks, unfortunately....

[Peter Morgano]

Disappointing since those one pieces are just so heavy and unreliable/hard to adjust but if the price is right we shall see.

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[Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery]

I disagree: One piece cranks are easy to adjust and reliable enough...and best of all for a kids bike, they're pretty much indestructible! Of course, if I get these bikes for my kids, I'll be upgrading to Rene Herse cranks.

[Peter Morgano]

Hmm, It has honestly been a while since I rode one but I just remember the locknut always coming loose when me and my brother would go out for a long ride and it spilling loose balls everywhere when I went to work on it, but maybe it was user error. The upshot was I learned how to wrench a bike and re-pack a set of bearings when I was about 8-9 years old.

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thil...@gmail.com> wrote:

I disagree: One piece cranks are easy to adjust and reliable enough...and best of all for a kids bike, they're pretty much indestructible! Of course, if I get these bikes for my kids, I'll be upgrading to Rene Herse cranks.

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[Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery]

Yep, it's not only a crank, but an educational tool! ;)

[Philip Williamson]

The few one-piece cranks I've experienced were pretty reliable, which isn't surprising, since there aren't very many pieces involved. If it bugs you, you can get a $15(?) kit to put a square-taper BB into an American BB shell. 

Philip

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[Philip Williamson]

Those bikes look pretty fine. If I were making bikes, they'd look a lot like the Linus bikes.

Philip

www.biketinker.com

[cyclotourist]

Apparently they are being sold, I saw one in the wild last weekend:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/7994456584/in/photostream 

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[PATRICK MOORE]

I agree that the Ashtabula crank is an excellent design, even if usually rather crudely executed. They certainly served Schwinn well in its lower models. Frankly, I think they are ideal for children -- cheap, sturdy, very large bearing area, easy to work on if they need fixing. I do sometimes wonder about Q -- they seem to be inherently wider than separate spindle and crankarm types. Certainly they are better than the cottered design, at least for kid's bikes.

 Having installed a "cotterless" adaptor on an Ashtabula shell, I personally don't see much advantage for a child's bike. All I got from my conversion was cool factor and a narrower Q

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