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well I have no daughters, so I think bluegoatwoods has the most
challenging and interesting situation.
I think the daughter who breaks em all, would be an awesome rider of a solid mountain bike. if the bike is getting wrecked, then obviously she's hitting it hard.
get her a bike with solid wheels and shocks for a birthday present, she'll love you forever.
the one you scared off MB's, needs to be with your group at a park or someplace,
and see your other daughters ride the bike safely first.
then be encouraged to have a go at her own rate, by the daughter who breaks things.
the safe rider seems to need no attention, yet ;-)
get mirrors either on the all bike's or helmets, so they can see
traffic coming up from behind, and will have a chance to avoid it.
my humble opinion.
my most stupid problem was when the little clutch pin, next to the small chain sprocket
came out. it caused my bike to come to a halt, as the clutch no longer worked.
I had to carry the back wheel.
this happened in crowded traffic, and I had to lock my bike, and walk 3km to work.
5km from home. come back at night with car, nurse the bike, carrying the back wheel, two blocks to my car.
the easy way out of this is to push the clutch pin down back into the engine with the toe of your shoe. you can't touch a hot engine with hands, but a shoe works.
when pushing down you can then use the clutch and it locks back in place.
So, I could have avoided a whole break down by pushing down with my left foot.
When the clutch pin has failed on me again, I just push it back in whilst riding, with my left shoe's toe. Saves a break down, until I can get it home to fix it.
I'm going to drill this out, and put a thin bolt through, as it happened again last night.
challenging and interesting situation.
I think the daughter who breaks em all, would be an awesome rider of a solid mountain bike. if the bike is getting wrecked, then obviously she's hitting it hard.
get her a bike with solid wheels and shocks for a birthday present, she'll love you forever.
the one you scared off MB's, needs to be with your group at a park or someplace,
and see your other daughters ride the bike safely first.
then be encouraged to have a go at her own rate, by the daughter who breaks things.
the safe rider seems to need no attention, yet ;-)
get mirrors either on the all bike's or helmets, so they can see
traffic coming up from behind, and will have a chance to avoid it.
my humble opinion.
my most stupid problem was when the little clutch pin, next to the small chain sprocket
came out. it caused my bike to come to a halt, as the clutch no longer worked.
I had to carry the back wheel.
this happened in crowded traffic, and I had to lock my bike, and walk 3km to work.
5km from home. come back at night with car, nurse the bike, carrying the back wheel, two blocks to my car.
the easy way out of this is to push the clutch pin down back into the engine with the toe of your shoe. you can't touch a hot engine with hands, but a shoe works.
when pushing down you can then use the clutch and it locks back in place.
So, I could have avoided a whole break down by pushing down with my left foot.
When the clutch pin has failed on me again, I just push it back in whilst riding, with my left shoe's toe. Saves a break down, until I can get it home to fix it.
I'm going to drill this out, and put a thin bolt through, as it happened again last night.