It's a gyro. They can work if you set them up right but it's diffucult and annoying. I would just spend $9 a get a straight cable for him. It makes things easier. If you want too put some pictures up we can help tell you what to adjust to dial in his gyro. Try taking it to a local shop and they can give him some regular housing for the brakes or fix up his gyro a bit.


Most stock bikes have crappy brakes it's nothing new.

Some other things you can do to fix them up would be:
-Sanding the rim of glaze/black paint if it has any.
-Getting a straight cable or dual gyro cables
-Softer tackier brake pads Eagle pads work good along with Kool Stop
-New brakes...i would go withDia-Compe Hombres. (They are cheaper than some but still very nice.) If you don't mind spending a little more on his brakes get him some Odyssey Evo 2's.