Special needs child has very short leg. What is the closest adjustment between the seat and peddles?
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I'm sorry, our grandson has outgrown this trike and we sold it. You should contact Kettrike; as I remember, they were helpful with questions we had! Good luck, I hope it works out 'cuz this is a wonderful trike!!!!
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I just measured, from where the holes are on the frame to the pedal on the closest setting it is around 12", the seat seams to overhang around 3" to 4" so I would say around 9" in a straight line. It's a little hard to measure accurately without moving the seat all the way to the front. But I can do sometime tomorrow and update this. Also contacting Kettrike should be helpful. Overall this is a great tricycle my son loves and is very hard on it and still looks brand new.
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Not sure the measurement but our 6 year old Down Syndrome grandson had trouble keeping his feet in at first. Length was almost too long and he didn't understand the concept. I tried to fashion and glue Velcro straps to keep his feet in but with limited success. Straps behind heel would be helpful. This is a wonderful tricycle and very versatile.
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Stock from the box, distance from floor to top of padded seat is adjustable from 19 - 24.5 inches. If you don't use the stops in the adjustors, you can lower it another inch but I don't think it's meant to work that way. You can also take off the four feet and easily chop off between 3 and 3.5 inches more if you need to. Any decent garage, hardware store or plumber can do this if you're not handy. My Mom is 5 foot, short legs, and she has no issues.
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I don't know. The legs are well designed to be shortened or extended. Perhaps you could slide out and remove the adjustable "inside" leg tube.
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Hi Michelle we bought this for my nephew he loves it, and he said there is something under the seat for adjustment.Hope this helps.
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There isn't a leg height adjustment for the chair, it does sit a little low though so as long as you could straddle it and feet touch the ground it will work. I am 5ft 4 and I think someone a lot shorter would be able to use it. I looks like you would just sit on it but the safest way to sit on it is to straddle it and use the handle as an arm rest.
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I seriously doubt it. I am only 5'9" and I have it extended all the way, because I like to straighten my legs when cycling. You could modify it by adding a metal tube between the two halves of the adjusting tube, but it would probably be unstable unless you welded it. I'd use my money to buy a second hand larger model if I were you.
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I don't know.... I am 5'11"... I suppose you would need to perhaps have a chair or sitting arrangement lower and closer to the pedals.
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Adjusting the seat location is difficult. I asked my grandsonl to make the adjustment for me, which he did, but I still need a back cushion. The bike is not as efficient as I might like, but it works well. Different programs are simply too vague to be helpful. I just ride while watching the tv. I also use a treadmill and a shiatsu massage chair and trade off one device at a time. Dorothy
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Your child most likely reach the handlebars but you might need pedal block extenders for the feet.
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I think it's possible, the seat and handle bars are adjustable. The hardest part for my daughter is getting the pedals aligned to start her forward motion. I generally have to provide a little push to get her started.
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Mine is 38" tall and he can reach the pedals just fine. But I'd say if your child is less than 36" tall he/she may have some trouble reaching.
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No there aren't, but the seat can be screwed in one of three different positions to accommodate children of different heights. Also, for this tricycle's youngest users (9-18 months), the directions say that the pedals should be locked, and this allows them to be used like foot rests. A safety arm with a cup holder is also provided to keep younger/shorter users secured.
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That's the ideal set up but it was uncomfotablre for a petite like me. I have a 20" bike and I mount the tyke toter in the lowest possible, touching the bike's body so I can have the seat to its lowest position with my feet at least slightly on the ground. It also gives me the comfort that my child's more steady in front of me than in that elevated position.
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I believe there are accessories available directly from Strider. For example, they sell taller seat posts for when your toddler gets too tall. But I don't know if the seats are any softer. That said, bike seat posts usually come in standard diameters. If the Strider bike adheres to one of those standards, it seems you could replace the post entirely with your own post and seat. Alternatively, you could try adding some padding yourself to the seat if your daughter is complaining. hope she enjoys the bike as much as my son enjoys his!!
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My Grand Daughter does not have long legs, I bought the bike for her 2nd birthday. She could reach the peddles just fine as the seat goes down pretty low. The issue that she had was reaching the handle bars when it turned, at 2 1/2 now, she can reach the handle bars with no problems.
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As far as I know, there is no adjustment to the pneumatics. The chair I ,bought is long since relegated to the trash pile for a variety of reasons, including bad pneumatics, the plastic joining to the chair crushing under my mmassive 240 lbs, so I really can't help, other to seek something other than Lane.
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There are three settings for the seat. For the shortest, closest setting: the distance from the inside of the pedal (with the pedal fully vertical) to the inside back of the seat (where the child's back would rest) is 17". For reference, this distance is the same as the furthest setting on my daughter's Radio Flyer Steer and Stroll Tricycle. Hope this helps.