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Best child seats for bikes, and suggestions of good bikes to attach them to. A friend has a 3 or 4 year old child they wish to transport around town by bike.
Hamax Kiss works fine for my 4 year old. http://www.greenbank.org/misc/IMG_3758.JPG
I think they're good for up to 22kg or so, so she'll be done with it in a year or so (she's 19kg), by which time she'll be on her own bike (sometimes attached by a trail-gator, sometimes free).
Top tube seats are generally only rated up to 15kg, which will probably rule out carrying a 4 year old (and possibly rule out carrying a 3 year old boy, they tend to be a good 3kg or 4kg heavier than girls of the same age).
I needed the extra height mounting bar for the Hamax (another £20 or so) as the compact geometry frame on that hybrid is tiny (and I'm only 5'8" anyway) and it needed to clear the rack and panniers (which are slightly wedged in with the seat on, have since moved to low-riders on the front for carrying stuff).
EDIT: Yes, the only place that seat is mounted is on the seat tube, it doesn't touch the rack at all. Seems odd that all of the weight is supported just by a single mount but it's solid and doesn't hurt the tubing.
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I think they're good for up to 22kg or so, so she'll be done with it in a year or so (she's 19kg), by which time she'll be on her own bike (sometimes attached by a trail-gator, sometimes free).
I would just go for the proper bike trailer, it's a lots lighter, extremely stable, and can also add a rear rack to it, should be able to find a second hand one for less than £100.
(we sell Trailgator previously).
edscoble
Best child seats for bikes, and suggestions of good bikes to attach them to. A friend has a 3 or 4 year old child they wish to transport around town by bike.