Kid’s new bike day

My daughter’s Vitus has 7 speed Microshift on it rather than Shimano. Works ok – but she only just showing interest in changing gear do I’ll probably know better in the next month if she can reach both.

I think the hub isn’t a standard freehub setup – I think it’s a screw on freewheel.

Son1 (aged 6.5) has a Vitus 20+ with microshift 7, he spends most of his time in the easiest gear as we have hills all around us. he gets on ok with it but has to think about his gear changes.

Joe’s correct – on our micro shift version at least – it’s a screw in freewheel rather than a HG freehub. My daughter hasn’t really conquered the years yet so can’t comment on whether the micro shift is any better than the shimano lever.

My daughter is 8 on a 24+, she’s had gears for a couple of years now but I still have to shout “change gear!” at her all the bloody time!!

You can get extensions for the thumb part of the shifter, maybe that would allow you to rotate it a bit so he can teach both sides?

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