German Startup Releases Wireless Balance Bike Brake
Remember when you were learning to drive a car and your driving instructor had an extra brake on the passenger side in case of trouble? Well, now there's a similar option for balance bikes.
MyStopy, a German startup, has created a remote-controlled brake that can be fixed to balanced bikes, allowing parents to stop their kids' bikes if they see them about to, say, ride into traffic or into obstacles.
The system includes a brake with an integrated rear light, a USB-rechargeable remote control, and a bracelet that holds the remote control. It has a range of about 100m and is straightforward to install, requiring only the removal of the seatpost and seatpost clamp, which then hold the mySTOPY in place when reinstalled. The MyStopy has a claimed battery life of 105 hours and is rechargable via a micro USB.
Currently, the MyStopy is compatible with German-branded Puky balance bikes at the moment, but MyStopy encourages fans of other brands to write in and make suggestions on which wheels they'd like to use MyStopy with in the future. As a brand focused on making products for children, mySTOPY also stresses sustainability in its manufacturing practices, sourcing components as locally as possible and using 60% recycled materials.
The basic kit retails for €59.99 including VAT. More information is available at mystopy.de.
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U vill not i vill nevva shtop @sngltrkmnd:
Sorry but locking up the rear brake and skidding and maybe falling is far less concerning than riding into traffic and getting hit by a car.
This would have helped when my granddaughter pointed her balance bike down a steep hill and just disappeared so fast. I could have locked up her wheel before she went full speed into the black berry bushes. A bit of grass burn would have been much better than cuts to 50% of her body(diaper and helmet protected the rest) .
On the other side i register the running part on my strava and it adds kms, elevation and time to my weekly targets, so i achieve them one or 2 days earlier. haha
I would work around the need if only to avoid another battery gizmo being disposed of
after such a short user life, then theres what if I depended on it and it did not work ?
Well, here we are.
Dad: Sorry son I was texting.
www.imom.com/4-ways-to-avoid-being-a-helicopter-parent
nr2. of 4 rules is a great one: Let them experience the consequences of their choices.
same as Stopy is doing with Pukey
overcomplicate
Seems to me like this remote brake thingy mainly serves to save parents' backs and lungs. I think I'd use it for my own convenience, not for the kid's safety.
Oldest son (7) hits a bump and goes OTB and pile drives into the ground, the bike on top of him. Second son (5) can't avoid him and goes down in a tangle of boys and bikes. Daughter (4) also can't avoid and pile drives into her two brothers. All 3 are crying at the top of their lungs. Now I am yelling at youngest son(3) who was far behind on a coaster brake bike with training wheels to STOP! He slams on the coaster brakes, and skids when suddenly the rear tire fails and is shredded to ribbons. His bike brakes no longer work as there is no ground contact with the rear tire. His bike accelerates because of the grade of the hill, and he hits the three bike/kid pile up at speed and launches over them, and also ends up on the concrete. My wife and I run over to try and rescue 4 crying kids, blood everywhere and bent bikes.
Fortunately, the injuries were (just) bruises and lots of scrapes and cuts. If I had a video, it would surely have made a Friday Fails highlight reel. And Heck Yes - I would have liked to have some remote brakes back then!!
Good news, they all survived their bike trauma. All 4 are wonderful athletes. One son is an excellent mountain biker, still rides with dad, and daughter is planning to go to a Dirt Series co-ed camp with Dad this summer!
I also understand that as long as one doesn’t experience such situations first hand, the stopper looks like a joke.
Put the button of this brake on the bars and you got a brake that even small kids can use with little force… other than that i see little advantage.
hungarytoday.hu/minibrake-hungarian-invention-global-market-22845
This startup faild, becouse bad supply chain and other startup incubator things..
Hope you better luck and future
I have a theory about how Outside runs things: It's not about what's interesting or "good", but what promotes the most clicks.
That said, why in the effing hell do they keep posting so many team change notices?
Maybe this ^ is to feed the fantasy team folks?
Big if true!
Look at all the clicks this article got, it’s not about mountain biking, but it created conflict, generated clicks.