| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
|---|
| 2610.1 | | VMSNET::WSA122::LYNCH_T | Is it time to ride yet? | Fri Jul 16 1993 13:10 | 22 |
| I have a 10 month old that I tow in a trailer not on the seat behind the rider.
This is much safer and just as easy to manage. The other benefit is that the
trailer converts to a jogger so that you can run (ouch my knees hurt already)
or walk with it easily.
I shopped around all the local shops and didn't find one that I liked, so I went
with Damark mail order and got the trailer. It was $189.00 so it is a bit more
expensive then the seats but the least expensive trailer I could find. Safety
is what is important not the all mighty dollar.
I did finally find out why none of the shops carry the trailer/stroller. It is
made by Huffy. The quality is fine, but the transition from trailer to stroller
could be improved. You need two 15mm wrenches, so quick release is possible,
design flaw but I'll live. The trailer does fold but it is not easy so I just
put in the back of the Explorer and mount the bike outside and away we go.
Good luck and go with the trailer you won't regret it.
Tom
PS. Everyone stares so I hope that won't bother you either.
|
| 2610.2 | | KAOFS::M_COTE | I'm a mod, not a rocker | Fri Jul 16 1993 14:38 | 7 |
|
I bought the same trailor at BJ's on Route 9 for $149.00. We have
used it extensively and are very happy with it.
mike
|
| 2610.3 | Ripped off again... | VMSNET::WSA122::LYNCH_T | Is it time to ride yet? | Fri Jul 16 1993 17:49 | 6 |
| Well I feel ripped off again. :(
Oh well I still like the trailer and would encourage anyone looking into a bike
seat to really consider the trailer.
Tom
|
| 2610.4 | Another vote for the trailer | LANDO::OBRIEN | Give it a TRI | Tue Jul 20 1993 21:06 | 12 |
| >Oh well I still like the trailer and would encourage anyone looking into a bike
>seat to really consider the trailer.
Ditto. I have the Cannondale bike bugger and feel much more
comfortable pulling around the kids in that, then I would in a bike
seat. Also, it's more comfortable for the kids.
-John
p.s. - now that I've said that,.. I have a brand new child bike SEAT for
sale!!! Got it as a gift.
|
| 2610.5 | | MOVIES::WIDDOWSON | Rainmaker | Mon Jul 26 1993 10:57 | 3 |
| To satisfy my interest, why is a trailer safer than a seat ?
/rod (not a father)
|
| 2610.6 | | ROWLET::AINSLEY | Less than 150 kts. is TOO slow! | Mon Jul 26 1993 13:06 | 7 |
| The trailers are designed so that even if the bike pulling the trailer falls
over, dumping the rider on the ground, the trailer will stay sitting upright.
(In fact, the child in the trailer is likely to think the whole thing is funny
and say something like, "Do that again, Daddy!"). With a seat, if the bike
falls over, so does the child.
Bob
|
| 2610.7 | Top tube seat? | KOALA::JPM | Learn that poem, learn that poem... | Tue Jul 27 1993 21:07 | 7 |
| Does anyone have any information about the child seat that sits on the
top tube between the stem and the seat?
I saw one advertised in a catalog and was wondering if anyone has
any comments or experiences with it.
Jim Mac
|
| 2610.8 | just a few reasons... | NOVA::FISHER | US Patent 5225833 | Wed Jul 28 1993 12:00 | 8 |
| RE: safety:
Also a "baby seat" puts yet more weight above the wheel axes
which, with a larger kid, can cause balance problems. More moadern
seats prevent such traditional problems as "foot in spokes" and it
appears give more head support.
ed
|
| 2610.9 | | DELNI::CRITZ | Scott Critz, LKG2/1, Pole V3 | Wed Jul 28 1993 12:51 | 6 |
| My first thought was the same as Ed's. Now you have even
more weight to make the bike really top heavy.
I definitely go for something else.
Scott
|
| 2610.10 | | SX4GTO::OLSON | Doug Olson, BPDAG West, Palo Alto CA | Thu Sep 09 1993 21:08 | 17 |
| I agree with most of the previous comments; we used a bike seat for a
year or two, and when monster-baby outgrew it we bought a trailer to
pull. Immediately we noticed that bike handling was MUCH simpler when
pulling a trailer than with the extra instability of the seat. One
caveat; we've seen some trailers that have a high tow-hitch mount point
with no swivel; such a trailer would likely go over if the bike did.
Ours mounts low on the rear triangle (left side, opposite the derailleur)
and has a ball-socket joint that freely swivels.
Erik is now five and over 60 pounds and we still pull him in the
trailer every once in awhile; though probbaly not much more until we
get a tandem and can pull together. As it is, he's a great training
weight, but we go out together and act as spare horsees every 30 minutes
or so. (Trading the trailer from one bike to the other is very quick,
takes about a minutes; four rope/claw hitches.)
DougO
|