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| British Patent Application
No: 0625243 |
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| The LOCT BodySpace
ChildSaddle™ has been designed to: |
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Enable you to exercise
on your standard bike set up as standard, whilst
sharing the experience with your little one |
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Fit and remove
the saddle in seconds using standard tools |
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Enable you both
to balance together: the child has the ability
to change their position within your bodyspace
to reduce the “pillion effect” |
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Offer the opportunity
to ride with your child safely, away from the dangers
of road traffic |
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| Key features of the
BodySpace ChildSaddle™: |
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Ride safely, all-terrain,
with your 2-6 year-old. |
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Fits full-suspension
mountain bikes. No need for a second bike to take
children in a conventional, encapsulating child
seat. |
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Offers full interaction
with the child, and provides unique sense of security
and reassurance for your child, due to the BodySpace
positioning, and adult arms around the child at
all times. |
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The child's weight
is at the bike's centre of gravity. This improves
stability and handling as the overall weight provides
a lower centre of gravity (and a better workout!) |
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Self adjusting
pitch of child saddle for inclines & declines
when adjusting seat post. |
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Children can be
involved in parent's off-roading activities. |
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| Design |
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| The saddle has a raised rear
and front with a rubber non-slip coating to provide
excellent
support. The raised front and rear ensure the child
is fully supported and can stand and sit,
always locating back into the saddle safely. |
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| The stirrups
have rubber foot pegs and securing straps that
keep the child's feet in
place during travel, designed to have some give and are specifically angled forward
to allow the adult rider in case of emergency to embrace the child and pull him/her
a backwards out of the straps. |
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| Positioning the child |
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| It is critical to drop the knees
of the child below the handle bars and this is
why the stirrups not only have adjustment up and
down but can also be tilted up to 30 degrees to
the front or rear. The child's body position on
the bike needs to emulate yours for the ultimate
in balance and control. |
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| Adjusting the width of the bar grips |
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The latest ergonomic grips are
designed so that pressure from the adult rider
is transferred on the outer part of the hand allowing
you to brake or adjust the gears with your inner
fingers to thumb easily. This also allows riders
to lightly grip the child's hands in place for
added safety and reassurance.
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To provide extra grip space for your child's hand you could move the brake
and gear clusters in by 10-25mm. This will help
your child to comfortably reach the bar grips and
hold on with their hands beneath yours. It also
allows them to learn how you use the controls to
manoeuvre the bike.
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| Feeling Safe |
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| When not pedalling, as when
descending a slope, the child's thighs can be gripped
between the knees, helping to steady the combined
weight of rider and passenger and give added stability
at speed. |
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| Trials have shown that children
feel more secure with a good support point for
their feet and that having them held in place gives
them confidence. |
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| The stirrup straps have been
designed to reduce inertia so the child can stretch
and stand up while remaining securely anchored
in the event of a sudden stop. |
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| Protection from the elements |
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| The rider will get very warm
while cycling, but child passengers are not exercising
and so will feel the cold unless will protected
against the elements. Children should be wearing
adequate footwear and wind protection, even on
warm days. It goes without saying both riders need
to wear protective headgear, and we would recommend
protective eyewear for both riders. |
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