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My daughter is 5 months old and just starting to sit up quite well which is why I was thinking now is the time to go for one of these. Initially I was thinking about bolting a car seat to the base of the boxes. I don't think a trailer is really safe enough, which is why I was looking at this style of bike.[/quote]I tried one out for an afternoon with my 2 kids and whilst fun it made me realise they weigh a ton, can be unstable and really only have one functional use-to carry kids.
To spend that amount of money on a bike just to carry kids you'd have to be pretty dedicated and use it almost continually.
It's really only useful for a couple of years.
At 5 months you'd need a car seat with some sort of strap to hold them in place. A forward facing car seat needs a seat belt!
Putting a car seat in it is only adding to the weight!
You would never voluntarily use it as a normal bike to nip over to your mates, it's just too unweildy/impractical compared to a regular bike.
There's little safety difference between a rear trailer and a "front" trailer.
I still believe a regular bike/kid seat/trailer is much more flexible.