Haven't seen too much detail on these beyond the initial announcement of the junit line.
Ordered some for my son (4) and they got in last night, just in time for the MTB Skills clinic we had scheduled for today. Had some severe thunderstorms roll in partway through so we didn't get in a lot of riding, but it was at least enough for him to decide that he really likes them.
My observations / first impressions:
We did run into one issue during the install:
The grips are held on by both the brake / shift levers and a VERY tiny screw on the end. The screws use a 2mm Allen wrench. Unfortunately our grips either came missing the screw on one side or my son lost it playing with the grips while I was cutting the bars (pretty high chance it was the latter). Either way, the screw was nowhere to be found on the workbench or floor.
I did some looking around to come up with a substitute and came across some small but hollow screws from an Avid bleed kit that fit. First one I tried snapped in half when I tried to tighten it down as much as the stock screw, but I was able to back it out by applying a little pressure to the end with a 1.5mm Allen wrench. Second attempt I was able to get one tight enough to be confident that the cap at least won't fall off - with the brake lever holding on the other end, we should be OK for now.
Reached out to Hayes support to see about replacement screw(s).
Ordered some for my son (4) and they got in last night, just in time for the MTB Skills clinic we had scheduled for today. Had some severe thunderstorms roll in partway through so we didn't get in a lot of riding, but it was at least enough for him to decide that he really likes them.
My observations / first impressions:
- There are markings for cutting down to 600mm in 10mm increments, but you can safely cut down as far as 580mm. Going further is doable but would require cutting length from the brake / shifter clamp area on the grips.
- Specs say 245g, but ours measured 260g for the bars and 71g for the grips. Bars were 240g after cutting down to 580mm.
- They're super thin, even compared to the 19mm stock bars on the Yoji 14. They really do look like bars made for kids hands.
- With the narrower diameter, I was able to adjust the reach for the brakes in a bit more, which helped with the fit.
We did run into one issue during the install:
The grips are held on by both the brake / shift levers and a VERY tiny screw on the end. The screws use a 2mm Allen wrench. Unfortunately our grips either came missing the screw on one side or my son lost it playing with the grips while I was cutting the bars (pretty high chance it was the latter). Either way, the screw was nowhere to be found on the workbench or floor.
I did some looking around to come up with a substitute and came across some small but hollow screws from an Avid bleed kit that fit. First one I tried snapped in half when I tried to tighten it down as much as the stock screw, but I was able to back it out by applying a little pressure to the end with a 1.5mm Allen wrench. Second attempt I was able to get one tight enough to be confident that the cap at least won't fall off - with the brake lever holding on the other end, we should be OK for now.
Reached out to Hayes support to see about replacement screw(s).
. I wish they weren't yellow for us.
