| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 781.1 | Fisher Price!!! | UCOUNT::STRASENBURGH | | Wed Mar 20 1991 14:19 | 6 |
| We bought the fisher price bike seat and we love it.
You can buy it at Child World or at Lechmere's. I can't remember the
price, but it wasn't too expensive.
Lynne
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| 781.2 | | PHAROS::PATTON | | Wed Mar 20 1991 15:23 | 7 |
| Another vote for the Fisher Price. It has the familiar breastplate
to hold the child in place and comes up high behind the head. Our
son has enjoyed many a nap in his seat. I believe it's o.k for
a kid up to 40 lbs.
Lucy
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| 781.3 | Fisher Price Seat - $59.00 | FSOA::DCAKERT | | Wed Mar 20 1991 18:58 | 8 |
| I just bought the Fisher Price one - it was $59 at Spags but was the
same at Toys R Us. It's not the cheapest seat, but it's great. They
have a good price on that Shell/Bell - whatever it's called - Helmet
that Consumer Reports recommends. $29.00.
Have fun!!
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| 781.4 | | BCSE::WEIER | Patty, DTN 381-0877 | Wed Mar 20 1991 22:00 | 27 |
| We've bought two (don't remember the brand of either one), and found
that you'll use them for about 1 year max, and then the child is too
big to hold comfortably on the back of your bike. If you've never
ridden a bike with one on, it'd be worth trying a friend's first - it
*REALLY* make the bike unstable, and if you have 30 lbs behind you
twisting and jerking to see around you, they can toss the bike pretty
good - you also don't have as much stability when YOU turn around to
see what's behind you.... at least get a mirror for yourself!!
Not sure about brands, but one thing to check for is how easy it is to
take the SEAT off of your bike so if you want to ride without it you
can. One of ours comes off E Z, the other barely at all - it came off
and stayed off by the middle of the summer. Also, what happens to the
kids' feet ? One of ours has a little 'cup' type thing for the feet to
go in - we outgrew it. The other has a plastic shield that goes around
the wheel spokes, and feet just hang - a *REAL* pain in the butt to set
up, but lasts longer once it's done.
One other consideration may be the 'bike trailers'. They're *VERY*
expensive, but basically what it is is a 2-wheeled sort of side-cart
that actually hooks to the back of the bike. The kids (holds 2) ride
close to the ground behind you, facing away from you. There's LOTS of
safety issues with those (including flying stones), but it does
stabalize the bike a lot....
Good Luck!!
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| 781.5 | | MAMTS5::MWANNEMACHER | Just A Country Boy | Thu Mar 21 1991 11:28 | 9 |
| I guess #4 addressed my question a little. I have been wanting to get
one of these seats as well. We have 3 younguns ages 4, 2, and newborn.
Is the FP seat compatible with bigger kids as well as smaller kids? Is
it easily removable?
Peace,
Mike
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| 781.6 | | PHAROS::PATTON | | Thu Mar 21 1991 16:11 | 7 |
| Yes, the FP seat is easy to remove and re-install (simple lever)
and it fits kids from the time they can hold up their heads (plus
helmet) til 40 lbs. My son who is 3+ and 38 lbs still goes for
rides, although my husband does the hauling. He claims it's not
hard to compensate for all that extra weight in the back.
Lucy
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| 781.7 | F/P seat on sale at Caldors for $45 | CYCLPS::CHALMERS | Ski or die... | Fri May 10 1991 19:36 | 7 |
| FYI...
just found out that Caldor's has the F/P bike seat on sale for $45
thru Saturday 5/11. (their reg.price of $50 still beats Child World
@$60 and Lechmere's @$70...)
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| 781.8 | try RAINBO::BICYCLE | CSCOAC::HOOD_R | | Fri May 24 1991 17:44 | 6 |
|
There are also some good notes on seats/trailers in the
RAINBO::BICYCLE notesfile.
Doug
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