Erin's 20" lightweight.

Since you're having brake troubles, it's a good thing her front teeth are already missing :-)

This is probably the most bizarrely over engineered kids bike ever. Good work!

This is what I get to throw spanners at in my day (and night) job. So although one of the reasons I love bikes is their beautiful simplicity, maybe it's inevitable that some of the ludicrous complexity of these machines has crept into my bike tinkering too.

My daughter seems to have lost so many teeth lately perhaps I could get her to contribute to the build cost from the money she's got from the tooth fairy.

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Working in a bike shop I often see a lot of utter crap that parents let their kids ride. Often the bikes aren't designed well either.
But this...
This is absolutely ace!!
Don't suppose you have a final weight yet?

Got round to weighing it at last- 6.4kg by my bathroom scales.

Only thing I'd change if I could find something suitable for sensible money would be the fork. This one is made of mild steel gas pipe I think. Could probably save that 400g with something more exotic.

Next project had better have a tighter budget, well to begin with anyway......

Where did you get the extended drop brake pads from? I need a pair I think

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190878120821

I got them from Ebay. Not cheap but not as expensive as buying new long drop brakes. I think they are a nice solution.