OT- and move it if needed BMX related

dirthead1
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12/18/2009 9:53am Edited Date/Time 4/17/2016 7:31pm
Regis wrote:
So, last night I bought my son a very cool 16" GT bmx bike for Xmas. I think I was a little too excited when I...
So, last night I bought my son a very cool 16" GT bmx bike for Xmas. I think I was a little too excited when I did it and may have jumped the gun on the "free wheel" part.

Anyways, does anyone know if you can somehow convert a free wheel bike into a coaster brake bike?

Oh yeah, did you know MC raced BMX BEFORE he raced SX? (this was said just to make this thread moto related)
You'd have to get a wheel with a coaster brake hub. Then you'd have to rig the brake arm to the frame somehow.
I'd just let him give it a go with the freewheel and teach him hand brakes.

And MC was just inducted into the ABA Hall of Fame.
http://www.ababmx.com/....php?page=halloffame
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12/18/2009 9:54am
No, the hubs on the wheels are different. If you have spokes, they can relace the wheel with a coaster brake hub and then a metal band goes around the frame to secure the coaster brake flange. I'm sure this might be costly. Find out if you can just order the other wheel.

Yeah I use to race MC.. I showed him everything he knows. In fact, I think I will take credit for him becoming a super cross king.
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12/18/2009 9:57am
Don't do it Regis

He will be fine, might take him longer to learn but he will do fine.
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12/18/2009 9:58am
Leave it alone, he will figure it out.

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12/18/2009 9:59am
Regis wrote:
So, last night I bought my son a very cool 16" GT bmx bike for Xmas. I think I was a little too excited when I...
So, last night I bought my son a very cool 16" GT bmx bike for Xmas. I think I was a little too excited when I did it and may have jumped the gun on the "free wheel" part.

Anyways, does anyone know if you can somehow convert a free wheel bike into a coaster brake bike?

Oh yeah, did you know MC raced BMX BEFORE he raced SX? (this was said just to make this thread moto related)
dirthead1 wrote:
You'd have to get a wheel with a coaster brake hub. Then you'd have to rig the brake arm to the frame somehow.I'd just let him...
You'd have to get a wheel with a coaster brake hub. Then you'd have to rig the brake arm to the frame somehow.
I'd just let him give it a go with the freewheel and teach him hand brakes.

And MC was just inducted into the ABA Hall of Fame.
http://www.ababmx.com/....php?page=halloffame
X2.. Both my son and daughter learned with hand brakes and never had a problem. Have faith Regis, besides if he has half of your riding abilities he will be fine. Wink
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My daughters both where fine with hand brakes. Besides, mx doesn't have a coaster brake, you will be starting his training early.

(FYI - Watch TWMX KickStart) B. Deegan makes the best Mini Dad ever..
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12/18/2009 10:02am
Swapping wheels will probably be your cheapest route, and you'll still have the freewheel when it's time to move him up.

Speaking of Jeremy, check this out. Years ago I won one of those JM replica GT bmx bicycles from a Racer X contest. I actually ended up with the one Jeremy used for the contest photoshoot.

A little while after that, I got him to sign the numberplate at the Steel City National.

How's that for a cool slice of motobelia? I'm working on a game-room conversion and thinking about hanging it above a pool table with some attached lighting for a one of a kind table light. Or maybe not.

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12/18/2009 10:04am
If you want him racing BMX, dont change it.

If you do tho, buy a coaster hub, a rim and a spoke kit.
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12/18/2009 10:08am Edited Date/Time 4/17/2016 7:31pm
500guy wrote:
Don't do it Regis

He will be fine, might take him longer to learn but he will do fine.
Well, there is more to the story here.

My son was born with "Pseudarthrosis" of his left tibia (shin bone). for 4 years of his life there was an actual hole in the middle of his left shin and just a little bone around it to support it. He wears a brace from the bottom of his foot up to his knee.

He is perfectly normal, he jams! He is 4 1/2 and for some odd reason (the DR's are baffled) the bone just decided to grow in the last 6 months! It was one of the happiest days of my life to hear this. However, he is still in the brace as a large lump appears in the middle of his shin.

He rides a bike now and has really outgrown it he is ready for the next step, I know he will get the handbrake down in a matter of minutes. I am the one that remembers the freewheel to the shin every once in a while. Although I know it is what every boy goes through and should as they mature into the men we are, I am just a little freaked that he gets it to the shin. Smile

I didn't even think about that until this morning, uugggghhhh. DAMN! I know he would be sooo pumped but the dad in me is a little worried. BTW- the doctors did ok it for him to be a little boy and the brace should come off shortly. You would never know he wears one unless I told you.

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12/18/2009 10:12am Edited Date/Time 12/18/2009 10:13am
Got it. Go find a 16 inch coaster wheel pronto! Probably cheaper to buy an entire bike from Walmart and take off the wheel...
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12/18/2009 10:14am Edited Date/Time 4/17/2016 7:31pm
dirthead1 wrote:
Got it. Go find a 16 inch coaster wheel pronto! Probably cheaper to buy an entire bike from Walmart and take off the wheel...
yeah I think I need to for now. just for a little while

Good idea about the walmart bike, I can probably rob the whole system off it and then switch it back later....

Thank you all for the help, we can go back to talking about fights, silly season, marriages, insurance and all the other goodies now!
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12/18/2009 10:20am Edited Date/Time 12/18/2009 10:30am
Regis check your email please.

I have one of those little 16" Xgames moto bicycles that has full suspension and a coaster brake. It has black wheels that are in good shape. $20 for the whole bike.
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12/18/2009 10:21am
still sounds like all he needs is a shin guard.

good stuff Regis
dirthead1
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12/18/2009 10:32am
MXerDW wrote:
Regis check your email please. I have one of those little 16" Xgames moto bicycles that has full suspension and a coaster brake. It has black...
Regis check your email please.

I have one of those little 16" Xgames moto bicycles that has full suspension and a coaster brake. It has black wheels that are in good shape. $20 for the whole bike.
Sweet! It's good to see local SD folks helping each other out.
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12/18/2009 10:35am Edited Date/Time 4/17/2016 7:31pm
Dwayne, I'm in! I will contact you shortly, buy you lunch to catch up if your game as well!



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500guy
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12/18/2009 11:33am Edited Date/Time 4/17/2016 7:31pm
Big D

I'm going to buy you a beer at D&B's for helping Andy out.
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12/18/2009 12:00pm
problem with the kick-back brakes is all the little shit's doing skidders all over the sidewalks... god i'm getting old

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