zoompastmykids
Cruising
- May 5, 2011
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My daughter has a typical, big box store, US kids bike. We ride together as a family as far as 10 miles for lunches, parks, ice cream, etc... After about 5 mins. into the ride she starts complaining about the pain in her rear end. (the only butt whiner in our family) She needs a new bike anyway. We bought a Trek FX for my oldest (13yrs) which she loves. I was thinking to get a new bike for this middle girl too (11 yrs). But she likes her current bike and thinks she just needs a new seat. She wants a more padded seat. Bigger. Wider. My thinking is it's the padded, wider seat that causes all the butt pain because your butt cheeks rest on the seat causing all the muscles and tissue to hurt. If you had a more narrow seat that uses the sit bones for resting you'd have less butt pain. Isn't that correct? What I learned when I became a longer distance, road rider instead of sidewalk cruiser. Non bikers laugh at the skinny seats and wonder how anyone would be comfortable on them but isn't it the skinny design that is more comfortable for longer rides?
Also, my son does need a new bike and he's a very tall kid. He's in 4th grade. 10 years old but he's as tall as some 6th and 7th graders in his school and much, much taller than any Japanese kids his age. I need to get a good fit for him. Kids bikes in Japan are too small. He's a serious biker too. He wants to build his own bike for his new hobby. First he's going to take apart an old cruiser I have. Can anyone recommend an LBS with English service that will fit him with an appropriate bike. A kid. But a big kid. We used Y's road in Akasaka for previous fits and repairs and purchases but the English service isn't always the best. And the sizes are generally too small for kids bikes and too big for adult bikes.
Thanks
Also, my son does need a new bike and he's a very tall kid. He's in 4th grade. 10 years old but he's as tall as some 6th and 7th graders in his school and much, much taller than any Japanese kids his age. I need to get a good fit for him. Kids bikes in Japan are too small. He's a serious biker too. He wants to build his own bike for his new hobby. First he's going to take apart an old cruiser I have. Can anyone recommend an LBS with English service that will fit him with an appropriate bike. A kid. But a big kid. We used Y's road in Akasaka for previous fits and repairs and purchases but the English service isn't always the best. And the sizes are generally too small for kids bikes and too big for adult bikes.
Thanks