Recommendations for a child seat...

[Greg66]

...that will fit on a road bike. Or is the recommendation not to bother?

TIA

[pig pog]

Originally posted by Greg66
...that will fit on a road bike. Or is the recommendation not to bother?

TIA

if you go for rear mounted, remember you can no longer swing your leg over the back of the bike. Might be ok on a compact frame but could be tricky with a flat top tube.

If you have fittings for a rear rack, I quite like the copilot/rhode gear seats. I have a limo and am happy with it excelt that the velcro on the foot plates is a pita.

The centric safe have which mounts on a 'virtual top tube' running between stem and seat pin looks interesting. IIRC they do not recommend it for drop bars and it would almost certainly stop you riding on the tops but might still allow you to ride on the hoods and possibly drops.

I would think that seats that are cantilevered of the seat tube should be ok. The chief advantage of this is that the mountings are not to expensive if you want to share th seat between bikes.

Have you considered a trailer, or a cheap hybrid for child hauling

best wishes
james

[Toby Barrett]

"Greg66" <abc@123.com> wrote in news:bin41p$np5$1@hercules.btinternet.com:

> ...that will fit on a road bike. Or is the recommendation not to bother?

Depends what you mean bu "road bike". I have a Rhode Gear Limo seat (now called Co Pilot, I think)
which fits on the Blackburn rack on my tourer. But obviously you must be able to mount the rack on
the bike first.

I think you might be able to get some child seats that attach to the seat tube, but I'm not sure.

Toby

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[Stephen \]

Greg66 wrote:
> ...that will fit on a road bike. Or is the recommendation not to bother?
>
I've just decided that the childseat I am using is now a bit too small and doesn't fit on my bike
that well. You are welcome to it if you cover postage or if you can collect (West London). It's
fairly basic (got it at Littlewoods) but has done the job well and is in good condition - 3rd seat I
have used. Slots in to a clamp that screws on to the seatpost and goes up to about 19kg I think.

[robbiew]

Rhode Gear/ Co-pilot limo is the Daddy. Comes out top in all the tests and was the only seat my discerning daughters would fall asleep in. Road bikes are not really intended for load carrying. You will never carry a load that is more precious to you. Therefore I would reccomend that you only use a tourer or hybrid for a bike seat. IMHO.

[Stephen \]

robbiew wrote:
> Rhode Gear/ Co-pilot limo is the Daddy. Comes out top in all the tests and was the only seat my
> discerning daughters would fall asleep in. Road bikes are not really intended for load carrying.
> You will never carry a load that is more precious to you. Therefore I would reccomend that you
> only use a tourer or hybrid for a bike seat. IMHO.
>
Yeh mine's on a mountain bike (for road use). Always felt very safe and secure with my "precious
load" onboard.

[Gawnsoft]

On 29 Aug 2003 20:17:30 +0950, robbiew <usenet-forum@cyclingforums.com> wrote (more or less):

>Rhode Gear/ Co-pilot limo is the Daddy. Comes out top in all the tests and was the only seat my
>discerning daughters would fall asleep in. Road bikes are not really intended for load carrying.
>You will never carry a load that is more precious to you. Therefore I would reccomend that you only
>use a tourer or hybrid for a bike seat. IMHO.

I was just startin gto investigate these - what are the weight/height/age limits with them?

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[Gawnsoft]

On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:24:47 +0100, Gawnsoft <xlucid@users.sourceforge.remove.this.antispam.net>
wrote (more or less):

>On 29 Aug 2003 20:17:30 +0950, robbiew <usenet-forum@cyclingforums.com> wrote (more or less):
>
>>Rhode Gear/ Co-pilot limo is the Daddy. Comes out top in all the tests and was the only seat my
>>discerning daughters would fall asleep in. Road bikes are not really intended for load carrying.
>>You will never carry a load that is more precious to you. Therefore I would reccomend that you
>>only use a tourer or hybrid for a bike seat. IMHO.
>
>I was just startin gto investigate these - what are the weight/height/age limits with them?

My wife decided for me today that we were getting the TUV-approved to 22Kg seat out of Argos for
just under £30.

Seems quite fine, apart from the fact that it's bracket'll foul my current rear rack, which means
I'll need to remove my rack to fit the seat.

And my wee boy (22 months old) needed a 4y.o+ helmet. A 51.5cm circumference, but too broad for the
2y.o+ helmet I tried.

Still, if it's dry enough tomorrow, a trip along the canal is on the cards for the pair of us.
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[robbiew]

I was just startin gto investigate these - what are the weight/height/age limits with them?

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Every child is different of course, but my eldest was out of the rhode gear seat and onto a trailer bike at around 4 1/2. Luckily my weans are very light. It was boredom and leg length which got Isla out of the seat. She is far happier now that she can contribute to forward motion..