Mom / Dad-mobiles, Kid-transporters

Thule Yepp Next Mini doesn't cause any knee issues for me, but it is on a Voodoo 29er MTB so geometry might be quite different.

Now my daughter is 2, her head was getting very close to my chin though, which I've resolved by fitting Mollymawk bars with tonnes of backsweep.

Yeah the key is as long a TT as possible and bars that put their hands way in front of yours.

Bit of putting up with it too.

I came to the conclusion that there was no way of riding without kneeing them to death and constantly getting back-headbutted in the face. So I got a Hamax and that didn’t have any of those problems.

My Yepp limits the range of movement of the bars - seems like a flaw to me.

I am short and ride small bikes so my knees do bump the Yepp mini, but we don’t ride far or fast on this bike so it’s annoying but bearable, I just have to stick my knees out. As above, I think on medium size frames upwards it wouldn’t be a problem.

Also yes the Yepp mini does limit bar rotation but again you get used to it. I think having the child seat at the front is definitely preferable to the back, until she gets too big - easier to get on and off, less wheelie prone, and more fun for the little one.

Ta for all the responses - at least it isn’t just me (and makes me think I’m being optimistic if I hope that a different bike wouldn’t have the same problems!)

I’ve had knee issues so am probably less willing to accommodate obstructions to a perfect pedal stroke than most, which doesn’t help

I'm assuming you've sold this now?

Hello, although never very far, I carry both our 6yo and our 3yo by bike. Urban Iki on the rear rack for the older, and Yepp Mini to the front. The latter will soon become too small, and I suppose the next step is a top tube mounted seat, Netherlands style. Any recommendations? Or second hand stuff you may no longer need?

Had daughters (5) and (19 months) in the back of the trailer for a long cycle at the weekend (30 km ish round trip). The 5 year old is wearing age 7 clothes so she's fairly tall. Anyway the point of this was that it was a bit of a work out and the pints at the half way point were absolutely delicious and well earned. Probably should try and find a solution that would allow me to tow the trailer on my gravel and not a mid 80s colnago.

Hello thought this might be the place for this. I have a bobike seat with couple of mounts (we used on on a brompton worked well), one foot strap missing, bern kids lid too, free for pickup in Croydon

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Edited: I think on reflection I'll struggle even in a week or two and don't want to mess you around

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16247387/

I need to get rid of this.
Free to a good home or in exchange for a beer or whatever.

It was a lockdown purchase and has been under a tarp in the garden for two years

If no one on here wants it, we gave ours (also in SE4) to the Lewisham Family Cycling Library.

Added some colour to my effort...

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Quick question here, is the yepp mini for MTB only? Or would it fit road bars?

Anyone want a free nexxt mini? I paid £40 for it and then never used it, lent it to a mate who had his bike nicked so the mounting bracket is lost forever.

I believe a new one is £20 so it's free but you need to spend £20 to actually use it.

Located in N16

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I'd keep that, its ideal for when you need to give @amey a lift

Still have the bobike seat/mounts/helmet a few posts above available gratis pickup Croydon 😊

I tried with road bars and it wasn't great at all, forward riding position meant the seat's back was in my chest. Chin almost resting on kid's helmet.
Bikes I've used / still use it successfully with have swept back bars. Haven't tried with mtb bars

If suitable for Brompton you could try the Brompton thread? Would love to have this for mine, couple years ago!

I put my 1yo in a Thule yepp maxi on the back of my flat bar Ridgeback hybrid, and found it really twitchy, didn't like all the weight on the back, can't put panniers on, no clearance for mudguards. So I went and bought a Rockhopper to build up as a child-carrying machine.
I've been riding the ridgeback a bit and have got used to it, fatter tyres feel less necessary than they were.
Should I
(A) build the rockhopper anyway, it'll be great with a front rack and basket and we can go places
(B) not bother, the ridgeback is comfy and quick and got enough gearing, even if it hasn't got mudguards and can't take more than a smallish rucksack

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Put a Hamax on the back of the Rockhopper and you’re good to go. 90s mtbs are nice and stiff laterally and have nice long stays at the back, so should feel way less twitchy 👍

Also, usual tips with rear seats to reduce twitchiness are to mount it as far forwards as you can and as low as you can get it.

But also (A) is the correct and proper thing to do…

Thank you. Was just coming back to say just the act of posting had made me realise that of course I'm going to put all the bits on it and love it
Have gone one better and got a QR yepp, and another bracket for the rockhopper, so one seat moves between two bikes easy peasy (I have to take seat off to put bike in shed(

seat advice needed:

For longer rides my 6y old daughter is still on the bobike mini front seat, testing the 15kg weight limit. It’s amazing to have her in front coz we can talk. It’s also nice the seat removes completely bar a small bracket so I can have my bike back when she’s not on it.

What are seat options for +6y? Ideally in front and easily removable or minimal when not in use.

The oxford top tube seat doesn’t fit as the connecting bit to the footrests is too short. I was also looking at Urban Iki Junior seat which folds down but that’s in the back and I’d have to fit a rear rack for it.

Anything obvious I’m missing?