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Yeah, did think the Benno looked good but the only other longtail that she might be comfortable with size wise is the Moustache Lundi 20, sounds like there's a lack of accessories available currently though.
Will encourage her to go and have a look at a UA or similar but sounds like she would be able to get the hang of carrying them on the GSD.
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Long john's defo you are affected less by kids moving around.
Long tails if they swing around, the bike is going to change trajectory, but to be honest once you've got a few dozen miles clocked on it, the pilots confidence will go up and it'll likely be fine*. Kiddo's also learn to not swing around like monkeys after a few rides and a few telling off.
*Recently a customer got a stonking deal on a mk1 with pretty much all the options, as one of the owners/had a bad scare on the road when the stem /bar combo twisted around (was never done up from new, bought online, no one had checked it, owner had self assembled etc, the usual) and they crashed on a busy road with kiddo's on board, thankfully car's all avoided them. So they sold it for not a lot and a local family swooped in and picked it up and are very happy with it.
If your partner was taller I would say get a benno boost instead, slightly bigger rear area and other reasons (go back through mine and others older posts). But for someone thats under 5'3 or 5'4 the GSD is pretty much the only long tail that genuinely fits them. WE have a 4'10 and a 4'11 user of the mk1 gsd at our shop and they get on OK with it. I think R+M also make a long tail now that has a pretty decent stem/bar combo for shorter folk, could be wrong.