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[Pete_Scorpa3]

My daughter likes riding her trials bike more than anything else (although rock climbing comes a close second) she is just getting to the stage where she needs good brakes but being a very small five year old, her little hands can't apply much pressure on the brake lever.

I've tried various ways to improve the brakes but have now 'bitten the bullet' and fitted a twin piston hydraulic system.



The Clark Skeletal system is designed for mountain bikes and offers impressive adjustments on the lever for both reach and span.



It also comes with a 185mm wavy disc and allows even Jess to use just one finger on the brakes. I was pleasantly suprised when it took just 10 minutes to fit and a few seconds to adjust. Not cheap but well worth considering if your rider isn't very strong.

Pete

Edited by Pete_Scorpa3, 15 October 2010 - 08:58 PM.

[GII]

Excellent idea, and you could recoup a good bit of the cost selling them second hand on ebay if you take them off when you eventually sell the bike.

It's worth taking off the thick grips and putting on some thin trials grips too, most of Ted's hands were taken up just wrapping around the grips when he was small.

Wish I could find something similar for his Sherco 50, drum brakes and little hands don't offer much stopping power.

[juanroberts]

GII, on 15 October 2010 - 10:03 PM, said:

drum brakes and little hands don't offer much stopping power.

To your point, my daughter likes the Gas Gas 50 over the XR50 simply because the "brakes work better". The difference is hydraulic disc brakes to a cable and drum brake. They also have the OSETs and prefer them, but the gas bikes can in some situations offer more in terms of riding longer distances.

[casicasi]

My daughters's 16 is following the same direction. Yesterday I picked two of these skeletals from Chain reaction for so cheap as 42 eur. and shipping free home.
The link to the page:

clarks skeletal 42 eur at chainreaction

Nice price to improve our osets!!!

[jonnybmac]

would these fit on a 12.5? my 23 year olds fingers aint long enough for the standard and its pretty hard to pull too, just thinking of doing the same if possible

[gwhy]

Every now and again the clarks come up on ebay new for £69.00 a pair with free delivery. I have a pair on my electric trials bike they are very good value for the money and work very well.