Child carrier

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  • August 31, 2011 at 12:54 pm #910325
    jrenaut
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    A week and a half into preschool, and my wife and I are about done with taking our daughter to school on the bus during rush hour. I want to carry her on my bike. She’s a very tall 3 years old, and I’d also want to sometimes carry a tall 1 year old, too.

    Does anyone have experience/advice with bike child carriers? I’m open to any style of carrier that will work, but if you’ve seen how I have to store my bike, you probably realize that I do not have a lot of space to work with.

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  • October 14, 2014 at 5:14 pm #1012167
    vvill
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    @americancyclo 96940 wrote:

    Does anyone here have a front mounted child carrier that they no longer use?

    Yep. I have a WeeRide Kangaroo bought new that I used on either my MTB or hybrid – you’re free to borrow it. It does scratch up the top tube but I really liked the front seat option. I ended up taping some old bar tape bits over the top tube and then remounting it.

    Depending on your frame size, you may end up having to pedal knees out which is not ideal (less likely in your case though). The only other issue I had was that I felt the harness straps weren’t particularly secure – it’s fine for kids that are fairly stable themselves, but early on it seemed a little precarious. But it wasn’t ever that bad, especially since your arms are basically around the child the whole time.

    I would still prefer to ride with my daughter in this rather than the trailer but there’s no way she’d fit now.

    This is the model, I think the newer ones are sleeker with better harness

    October 14, 2014 at 5:39 pm #1012169
    americancyclo
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    @dasgeh 96945 wrote:

    Someone has got to keep APS overcrowded.

    That someone ain’t us! FFX all the way! (at least until we move)

    @vvill 96946 wrote:

    Yep. I have a WeeRide Kangaroo bought new that I used on either my MTB or hybrid – you’re free to borrow it.

    Sweet. No rush, though. riding probably won’t happen until fall of 2015 but I’ll happily take you up on your offer to see how it fits on my bike.

    I guess my other option is to get a new fork with a larger steerer tube and have more stack on my bars?

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