front wheels swivel? braking ok down hill>?
636981
Yes the front wheels swivel. Brakes worked fine, although living in Florida not many down hills. This rollator worked very well.
636982
Yes the front wheels do swivel. The brakes worked well and you get instructions to adjust them if needed. It was one of the best investments I have made since I have very bad knees.
636983
My mum likes it. Light weight. Brakes work but never had it on a hill. Swivel good turns well
245377
There are levers above the rear wheels. You rotate them so that the rear wheels do not move. These serve as brakes, and you set them manually.
597495
just the wheel; but it won't swivel unless the wheel can move. (so braking the wheel will prevent swiveling)
1576189
Yes, it brakes the rear wheel, but it's easy to slow down the scooter using your good foot. Also assembly was easy. I love it, I'm walking now, but still use it for long treks.
698487
Yes the smaller front wheel should be off the ground. You need a flat, smooth surface to ride. My daughter can go pretty fast on our hard wood floors. We have a foot of snow outside so she has not gone outside with it yet. Hope that helped.
188589
These F-1 R/C cars have plastic wheels. I you want to make them 'traction effective', put some wide rubber bands on at least the rear wheels. The front wheels steer fine without the rubber bands, but I have some on my front wheels.
1288537
The brakes are parking brakes only. They will not stop the unit on any significant hill like a wheel chair ramp or apron to a street. The steering is also very twitchy on mine. I recommend flat, smooth surfaces only.
1674187
Yes, that's true. The front brake is activated by an ordinary bicycle-type handlebar lever. To slow the the rear wheel, one presses back on the rear fender with one's heel. On most less-expensive scooters, this would be the only way of slowing down.
1263531
I would say NO , the front wheels are centered and if you moved the rears the brakes would be useless.
1417145
You would definitely not want to try and use the rear wheel version on a trike. The front wheel version might work OK on relatively flat roads, but so much of a trike's weight is on the back wheels that I doubt it would be satisfactory while trying to go up much of a hill.
1893751
Mine is slightly out of true laterally. Freewheel ready. Just have a chainwhip.
1387769
If you want to be able to pedal backwards freeky. Simple flip the rear wheel. It's a flip hub which means one side is fixed and the other is single speed. Stay coastin.
1541678
The front wheels do not swivel. I believe this is a safety feature and for what I've seen of it's use, it is a good thing they don't.
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The little swivel wheel in front feels like rubber. The two large rear wheels are plastic, but not really hard plastic. They have a little give to them.
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I can't remember if I have a manual or not, sorry. If your front wheel isn't swiveling, the bolt that locks it in place is engaged. Looking at the front wheel straight on, right above it is a silver tipped bolt . Pull this bolt straight outward,then down. Then slide the bolt to the right. There is a little slot that the bolt sits in. This will swivel the front wheel. If you want to make the front wheel stationary again, just pull this bolt straight outward, then up, and it snaps into place again. Hope this helps, let me know!!
377491
no braking other than the frictional drag from the gear trains and motors - just a garden cart when not under power.plan to use it like a wheelbarrow when going downhill.
2180954
The torque twist is noticeable. I installed harder springs to the front (included) and that seems to reduce the twisting considerably. I added a few bolts to each wheel to improve traction, and removed the axle guards.