birdmove

I have owned a Huffy Cranbrook cruiser, which I gave to my adult daughter a while back. It used a rather fragile little metal clamp to anchor the arm for the coaster to the frame of the bike. The one on that bike broke at the first flat repair. I just installed a stout hose clamp. While at WM today, I was looking at the mens and lady's Kent Sea change cruisers, and I noticed these bikes have a much better setup to anchor that arm. They have a welded on bracket with a slotted hole for the screw, which should last forever. The slot to allow the bolt to slide for and aft for chain adjustments. No need for a clamp. The Kent's just have a a much nicer arrangement, and the welds are good. The Huffy's are known to often have very bad looking welds, though the ones on my Cranbrook looked good.