Does it only have the hand brake or a coaster brake as well?
390257
Hi, it has a hand brake for the front wheel and coaster break for the back wheel. My son rarely uses the front break, since the back coaster break works well.
2189808
Hello Cooper's Mom... This bike has only hand brakes and yes it has Kickstands.No foot/coaster brakes. But in my opinion is better like this so they can practice real tricks.Great bike, my 4 year old boy love it.
1471902
There is no hand brake. They will have to use the feet on the ground method. This is hands down the best purchase I have made for my child. We have had ours a year and use it daily. Go for the real tires!
1798075
One hand brake and one foot brake. The other one that is red has 2 hand brakes on the front wheel.
914337
The hand brake only works on the front tire and the coaster brake works on the rear. I don't believe you can alter or remove a coaster brake. We looked high and low for a bike this size that had a coaster brake, so we are very happy with this bike. If I were remove anything, I would remove the front hand brake, but so far my kid has not had any problems remembering which does what.
854579
Yes it does. But it brakes very easily. I used mine once and haven't used it sense
1594014
It does not but I don't know of these types having to need a brake. I believe only the electric or pneumatic types need a brake.
1089209
This one dose not have the coaster brake . There is a coaster brake version if you want one.
1159566
This bike has a coaster brake in the back. It's not a fixed hub. The kid can coast while going down hill, going fast or if it is tired. If the kid back pedals it engages the brake. There is a hand brake for the front wheel as well.
1154220
No. It is the front, left brake. You would also need to purchase a rear, right brake, if you want a full set of both brakes.
914339
You can always remove the coaster brake, but if you do you will need to replace it with hand brakes, and it does not appear that the frame as ready for the hand brake apparatus. Because these bikes are so cheap to begin with, once you start replacing components, you will quickly discover that getting a cheap bike outfitted the way you want runs into more money than if you bought what you wanted at a bike shop to begin with.
2130073
This bike has both front and rear hand brakes. They work really well too. I would have preferred the other type as I had never used hand brakes before. I am more familiar with them now and it is all ok.
1454978
no this bike is hand brakes only. So far this bike is a good one. Our boys, 4 of them(9, 8, 7, & 6) our big bike riders and this is the 3rd one this size. It seems as good and maybe a little better than the others. It's a good bike for the money.
1444321
This bike is only stopped by the hand brakes. It is an easy bike to ride, according to my 6 yo son. He adjusts to the brakes from a coaster brake on his earlier bikes very quickly. Since it does have speed gears, the bike can not use the hub to control stopping. This is a great bike and came mostly assembled. Completion took only about 15 minutes. The brakes do have to be mounted slightly high, but does not impact the operation at all.
1454977
It only has hand brakes for the front and rear wheels. It doesn't have coaster brakes.
1089210
it's a freewheel. i believe there's a different model with a coaster brake, if that's what you desire.
1234491
yes it does have a lock on the hand brake. I had another kind without a brake and you are right about it being an issue.