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Dmitri Colebatch
Guest
Hi guys,
Our little boy is almost 10 months now and so I'm starting to look around at
a way to take him with me on the bike. I see the following options:
- trailer
- bike seat (rack mounted)
- bike seat (seatpost mounted)
I've pretty well discarded a trailer as I feel more comfortable keeping the
bike under control rather than keeping the trailer under control. Happy to
hear experiences on the topic though.
So, looking at seats, I've currently got the following list:
- http://www.topeak.com/t8/products/babyseat/babyseat.php
-
http://www.all-about-the-home.co.uk/ok-baby-sirius-recliner-child-seat-345-p.asp
My gut feel is that a rack mounted seat would be stronger, but I'm assuming
that in this overregulated world we live in I imagine that the seatpost
mounted seat would well and truely be strong enough, or else it wouldn't be
on the market. Thinking further about this I imagine that the seatpost
mounted seat would effectively have built-in suspension, like those fancy
frames that have the seat suspended from the front rather than sitting on a
seatpost.
This is to go on my soon-to-be new commuter, one of my options is the Kona
Paddy Wagon (http://www.konaworld.com/08_paddywagon_w.htm) which doesn't
have pegs for a rack so if I'm not going to get the seatpost mounted seat
then I need to look at a different bike (o:
Anyone have any tips?
Cheers,
Dim
Our little boy is almost 10 months now and so I'm starting to look around at
a way to take him with me on the bike. I see the following options:
- trailer
- bike seat (rack mounted)
- bike seat (seatpost mounted)
I've pretty well discarded a trailer as I feel more comfortable keeping the
bike under control rather than keeping the trailer under control. Happy to
hear experiences on the topic though.
So, looking at seats, I've currently got the following list:
- http://www.topeak.com/t8/products/babyseat/babyseat.php
-
http://www.all-about-the-home.co.uk/ok-baby-sirius-recliner-child-seat-345-p.asp
My gut feel is that a rack mounted seat would be stronger, but I'm assuming
that in this overregulated world we live in I imagine that the seatpost
mounted seat would well and truely be strong enough, or else it wouldn't be
on the market. Thinking further about this I imagine that the seatpost
mounted seat would effectively have built-in suspension, like those fancy
frames that have the seat suspended from the front rather than sitting on a
seatpost.
This is to go on my soon-to-be new commuter, one of my options is the Kona
Paddy Wagon (http://www.konaworld.com/08_paddywagon_w.htm) which doesn't
have pegs for a rack so if I'm not going to get the seatpost mounted seat
then I need to look at a different bike (o:
Anyone have any tips?
Cheers,
Dim