The Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute has an interesting article about taking kids on bikes. I’d been thinking about finding a way for Oliver and I to ride together; the article was enough to make me wait until he can ride his own.
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Isn’t that whole article
Isn’t that whole article about infants Peter? I think they mean children under 12 months. How old is Oliver now? I would think he’d be fine in a trailer.
It wasn’t so much the
It wasn’t so much the specifics of the article as it was the language like “when you crash” that chilled me.
They also suggested that any
They also suggested that any adult looking to put a child in a trailer experience sitting in a bike trailer themselves first: apparently it’s quite bumpy.
CHANCES family center try to
CHANCES family center try to put on a Bike Rodeo every summer to talk to parents of children from birth to age 6 on bike safety and proper usage.
Those warnings are somewhat
Those warnings are somewhat chilling. If my wife stumbles across this thread, our bike seat will be immediately thrown to the curb. However, I would like to point out that our front-mounted bike seat is very comfortable and well-balanced (and being uncommon, attracts a lot of attention and questions). I’ve never felt unsafe and we’ve never had anything even resembling a “close call”. My son enjoys holding the handle bars and switching gears on my command. It’s also great to have him right there in front of me where I can speak directly in his ear and point things out. He is rapidly approaching the upper limit of allowable weight/height for the seat. I will miss those rides when he outgrows them. He’ll be riding his own soon enough.
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