Hey Guys!
Winter is coming up, even here in Austria. :mrgreen:
Some may recognized it, in my free time I am servicing and rebuilding good ol' sids and set them up for kids bikes. That means I clean and repare them, replace all serviceable small parts, get them back to a 2nd life for riders between 25 and 50kg. As it is a hobby, I don't earn money for it, I just need to cover my own costs and provide them esp. over the biggest german bike forum www.mtb-news.de (where I am moderator of kids bike subforum).
You ask why? That's easy. There are just a couple of sollutions for a small kid riding a 24" or small 26" bike. F1rst Air is an "Out of Box" sollution, but I don't like it. It is a cheap fork anyhow and that is, what it feels like for me. Going rigid is hard - my son (9yo) had to start rigid, and the handling improved massive as we mounted a suspension fork.
What else? If it should be lightweight and cheap, and work well, ähm - yes, you see: not as easy... Sids are perfekt.
My storage is a bit empty, I would like to ask you guys, if you have an unused, damaged or ugly SID laying around, which you don't want to ride anymore please feel free to drop me a pm. My goal is to get as many kids as possible go cycling and have fun with special tuned forks for there needs. Would be great if you can help me (and them) out. I would take any of them as long I can effort it. I also would take any spares (steerers, internals, etc.). I can also share information to parents who want to tune these forks to a childs weight or need spares to reduce weight.
thx for you message,
yours
Markus
Winter is coming up, even here in Austria. :mrgreen:
Some may recognized it, in my free time I am servicing and rebuilding good ol' sids and set them up for kids bikes. That means I clean and repare them, replace all serviceable small parts, get them back to a 2nd life for riders between 25 and 50kg. As it is a hobby, I don't earn money for it, I just need to cover my own costs and provide them esp. over the biggest german bike forum www.mtb-news.de (where I am moderator of kids bike subforum).
You ask why? That's easy. There are just a couple of sollutions for a small kid riding a 24" or small 26" bike. F1rst Air is an "Out of Box" sollution, but I don't like it. It is a cheap fork anyhow and that is, what it feels like for me. Going rigid is hard - my son (9yo) had to start rigid, and the handling improved massive as we mounted a suspension fork.
What else? If it should be lightweight and cheap, and work well, ähm - yes, you see: not as easy... Sids are perfekt. My storage is a bit empty, I would like to ask you guys, if you have an unused, damaged or ugly SID laying around, which you don't want to ride anymore please feel free to drop me a pm. My goal is to get as many kids as possible go cycling and have fun with special tuned forks for there needs. Would be great if you can help me (and them) out. I would take any of them as long I can effort it. I also would take any spares (steerers, internals, etc.). I can also share information to parents who want to tune these forks to a childs weight or need spares to reduce weight.
thx for you message,
yours
Markus
