Child Carrier

[wicusr]

HI all, 

 

I am looking into buying a child carrier for a 2 year old.

ALso have a small 5 month old baby that I want to take with me riding at a later stage.

 

Which baby carrier is the best / safest.

I have looked at the Thule RIdeAlong and Weeride - Weeride seems to work well with small children (leg room seems limited?)

 

how does these trailer carriers work?

 

any suggestions?

[Flemish Lion]

A baby seat at the back (like a cheap Giant seat) works well for a 2-year old.

 

There is a reason why they do not make tiny helmets as below 1-year a baby's neck can't handle the constant shocks. The Wee-ride is great as it is front mounted and doesn't jolt as much as a back carrier but careful as the wind hits the face constantly. I would only use a Weeride from 9 months + and be very careful while doing so. Once 1.5 years I would move them on a back seat as it's more sheltered.

 

I ride with both kids at the moment one front and one back as my wife's frame is too small for a Weeride.

 

If your kid can sit still a trailer may work, I have no experience with those but I prefer to have my kids as close to me as possible. Would be interesting to hear how easy it is to pull a trailer vs having both kids on 2 seats.

[BDF]

And that's all I'm saying on this thread...

[wicusr]

for starters ot will only be the 2 year old that I want to take along.

The smaller one will only join when she is over a year.

 

is it worth it buying a Thule or liek you say, the cheap Giant or Polisport

 

http://www.sportsmanswarehouse.co.za/product/polisport-bubbly-baby-seat

 

where do one buy a Giant child carrier from?

[wicusr]

i would have liked the trailer but they are fairly expensive

[Flemish Lion]

for starters ot will only be the 2 year old that I want to take along.

The smaller one will only join when she is over a year.

 

is it worth it buying a Thule or liek you say, the cheap Giant or Polisport

 

http://www.sportsmanswarehouse.co.za/product/polisport-bubbly-baby-seat

 

where do one buy a Giant child carrier from?

 

I would not buy a child carrier new as they do not wear a lot and you can pick them up half price. Check thehub classified and gumtree regularly. I would also post a wanted ad as I'm sure some hubbers may have one stacked away and forgotten about.

 

I have a spare Giant one but will be using it in a few months time.

 

I wouldn't use a carbon bike with a carrier as I'm not sure carbon can handle the stress. I also had to fabricate an adapter to my seatpost.

[Catatonic_Joe]

Check out the FevaFoam seat, made locally, costs around R500, have mine for over 2 years now and I havent had any issues, doesn't work too great on a road bike though, best on a MTB.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-VQzEDOYVY

 

http://fevafoam.co.za/product/feva-star-seat-individual-packed/

[wicusr]

Thanks, I was actually looking at that a few minutes ago - are they very stable / safe?

[Patensie]

Lots of info here:

https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/83795-the-official-riding-with-kids-thread/

[wicusr]

this looks promising   https://bobike.com/product/cat/frontseats/

[Catatonic_Joe]

Thanks, I was actually looking at that a few minutes ago - are they very stable / safe?

Yeah, you need to make sure you attach the straps securely. I've never had an issue, I've ridden many many km's with my son on it.

[mrbaker]

WeeRide is awesome- would definitely reccomend

[Riaan373]

The feva star seat is really awesome. I've done many a mile with my son on it and he loves it. He has even fallen asleep on it before on a very long ride...

[wicusr]

I might settle for a second hand one of these

 

https://bobike.com/product/cat/frontseats/https://bobike.com/product/cat/frontseats/

[Beesrib]

This works well for me....

 

 

just put a folded towel or small pillow on the seat. The seat section does get a bit hard after a while.

[AdamA]

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