You've probably seen similar messages before but I can't find the advice I'm after in any archive.
My wife wants to buy a bike to go cycling with my ten and seven year old daughters but also want to be able to take my 21 month old daughter with her. However we can't decide whether she should go for a seat on the back or a trailer.
Can anyone tell me from experience which is the best/safest way to carry my 21 month old daughter. She weichs approx 28 - 30 lbs
We live in a rural location between Brighton and London, therefore busy main roads and narrow country lanes. It's also pretty hilly immediately around us. Any ideas would be gratefully received.
Regards
Mike Turner
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but also want to be able to take my 21 month old daughter with her. However we can't decide whether she should go for a seat on the back or a trailer.
I never found seats terribly satisfactory. A trailer lasts until they are bigger and has other uses. Or you can get a trailer bike with a mounting for a child seat, whicih then turns into a pedalling-type trailer bike later.
Best is a tricky one, though, since everybody's experience seems to eb different.
My wife wants to buy a bike to go cycling with my ten and seven year old daughters but also want to be able to take my 21 month old daughter with her. However we can't decide whether she should go for a seat on the back or a trailer.
VeloVision issue 13 has a buyer's guide for family cycling and goes into a little detail on numerous options. You can order a copy from http://www.velovision.co.uk/
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On 4 Aug 2004 04:10:04 -0700, [email hidden] (doctormick) wrote:
..You've probably seen similar messages before but I can't find the ..advice I'm after in any archive. .. ..My wife wants to buy a bike to go cycling with my ten and seven year ..old daughters but also want to be able to take my 21 month old ..daughter with her. However we can't decide whether she should go for a ..seat on the back or a trailer. .. ..Can anyone tell me from experience which is the best/safest way to ..carry my 21 month old daughter. She weichs approx 28 - 30 lbs .. ..We live in a rural location between Brighton and London, therefore ..busy main roads and narrow country lanes. It's also pretty hilly ..immediately around us. Any ideas would be gratefully received. .. ..Regards .. ..Mike Turner
You have no business subjecting a child to that danger and air pollution! I sure hope you don't take her where there are smokers.... === I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"😉. Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
You've probably seen similar messages before but I can't find the advice I'm after in any archive.
My wife wants to buy a bike to go cycling with my ten and seven year old daughters but also want to be able to take my 21 month old daughter with her. However we can't decide whether she should go for a seat on the back or a trailer.
Can anyone tell me from experience which is the best/safest way to carry my 21 month old daughter. She weichs approx 28 - 30 lbs
We live in a rural location between Brighton and London, therefore busy main roads and narrow country lanes. It's also pretty hilly immediately around us. Any ideas would be gratefully received.
Regards
frame mounted rear seats will really throw your balance off, go for the trailer.
You've probably seen similar messages before but I can't find the advice I'm after in any archive.
My wife wants to buy a bike to go cycling with my ten and seven year old daughters but also want to be able to take my 21 month old daughter with her. However we can't decide whether she should go for a seat on the back or a trailer.
Can anyone tell me from experience which is the best/safest way to carry my 21 month old daughter. She weichs approx 28 - 30 lbs
We live in a rural location between Brighton and London, therefore busy main roads and narrow country lanes. It's also pretty hilly immediately around us. Any ideas would be gratefully received.
Regards
Mike Turner
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I have a Trek Rocket trailer for my son and I'm very happy with it. Pretty good aerodynamics, seems to roll well, and it's easy to attach and detach from the bike. My wife and I each have a mount on our town bikes for quick trailer swapping. It also converts into a jogger which I don't use much, but is nice when we need a jogger.
On 4 Aug 2004 04:10:04 -0700, [email hidden] (doctormick) wrote:
.You've probably seen similar messages before but I can't find the .advice I'm after in any archive. . .My wife wants to buy a bike to go cycling with my ten and seven year .old daughters but also want to be able to take my 21 month old .daughter with her. However we can't decide whether she should go for a .seat on the back or a trailer. . .Can anyone tell me from experience which is the best/safest way to .carry my 21 month old daughter. She weichs approx 28 - 30 lbs . .We live in a rural location between Brighton and London, therefore .busy main roads and narrow country lanes. It's also pretty hilly .immediately around us. Any ideas would be gratefully received. . .Regards . .Mike Turner
You have no business subjecting a child to that danger and air pollution! I sure hope you don't take her where there are smokers....
Indeed. Lock the little [censored] inside all day and make sure they get plenty of telly. That way the peeeedos won't get them and they won't get run over.
I had a bike seat until my lad was three and a bit, and then I got a trail-a-bike. Apart from the obvious thing of being bigger and able to physically manage the trail-a-bike better, he enjoys it more because of the distance between himself and me means he can look around more, and is not strapped into a small seat looking at the small of my back constantly, and feeling like he was perched up high. Because of that alone, I would recommend a trailer over a bike seat.
You've probably seen similar messages before but I can't find the advice I'm after in any archive.
My wife wants to buy a bike to go cycling with my ten and seven year old daughters but also want to be able to take my 21 month old daughter with her. However we can't decide whether she should go for a seat on the back or a trailer.
Can anyone tell me from experience which is the best/safest way to carry my 21 month old daughter. She weichs approx 28 - 30 lbs
We live in a rural location between Brighton and London, therefore busy main roads and narrow country lanes. It's also pretty hilly immediately around us. Any ideas would be gratefully received.
Regards
Mike Turner
Sorry, just sold my trailer last week. :-) I like trailers much more than the seats. See Penny's post. Around here (Salida, CO-Mtn town in southerrn Colorado), you'll see lots of mountain bikes pulling a trailercycle (Tag-A-Long etc) with the 4-8 year old riding it, and the trailer with the baby attached to that. We thought of doing that with our tandem, but figured that my daughter would be in the next time zone, so gave it a pass.
I've been using a copilot limo baby seat with my 2.5 year old. He totally loves it and it's very manageable handling wise on a specialized sirrus elite. I've no experience with trailers or trail-a-bikes though.
here's how they do it in some countries. We built one like this ourselves for around town, it's actually much more stable than over the back wheel as the CG doesn't change a whole lot and the kid is inside your arms. I'd still go with a trailer for off road.
here's how they do it in some countries. We built one like this ourselves for around town, it's actually much more stable than over the back wheel as the CG doesn't change a whole lot and the kid is inside your arms.
I've never liked this kind of arrangement as it places the child at some risk in the case of an emergency or sudden stop. At least the example you show has a rigid back that should help prevent the adult crushing into the child. the worst are those clamp on saddles that go on the top tube with two foot supports attached to the down tube. However I don't like the idea of the child being flung forward onto the handlebar clutter or worse, which even with strapping is possible with some arrangements. At least if they are on the back they have a soft back to knock into.
John B
trust me, it's much more stable than the baby on the back of the bike. After all, three million third world cyclists building them at home can't be wrong!! The one we built had a little seat on the top tube, foot rest and no back the kid just held onto the handlebars. I don't know about trails but it was great for the bike path
The rear tyre thing is just - bad. You have to remember to compensate for the weight of the kid everytime you stop. The kids' weight, and you could be riding with an extra 30# back there, will really throw you off even if you have to swerve. If you are really worried about "risk of emergency stop" or a kid being flung around, perhaps you should not take your baby out at all... there's going to be risk no matter what.
