luria@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU (Marc Luria) (03/04/86)
I'm in the process of buying a bike and want to buy a child seat for my son who is 15 months old. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
jgold@bbncca.ARPA (Jamie Gold) (03/08/86)
Don't take this personally, but as an ex-cabdriver, I think people who use baby seats on the back of bicycles are NUTS! If you skid out on some sand, or some moron in a parked car opens a door in your face and dumps you, are you going to be able to retrieve your son before a car hits him? If it's a minor tumble, perhaps, but I've been witness to cyclers knocked unconscious, fortunately, none of them had babies with them. There used to be a fellow in Cambridge who used a sort of rickshaw attached to the back of his bike to cart his kids around. It was large enough to be seen by cars and certainly looked safer than a baby seat to me. Jamie (jgold at bbncc6.arpa) ---------------------------------- You ever seen Paris? Nope. You ever seen New Delhi? Nope. Well, there it is, you see what ya wanna see, and ya hear what ya wanna hear.
fish@ihu1g.UUCP (Bob Fishell) (03/15/86)
> I'm in the process of buying a bike and want to buy > a child seat for my son who is 15 months old. Any suggestions > would be appreciated. This comes up about once a year. A lot of people, me included, believe that those child carrier seats are unsafe. If you take a spill, especially a full forward gainer, you can seriously injure the child. A better alternative is a bike trailer like the Cannondale "Bugger." The child is much better protected, and the trailer will remain upright even if you crash the bike. Most of them are big enough for two toddlers. In any case, you should get a helmet for the kid, and pick one up for yourself while you're at it. Even if you're just puttering around the block after supper, you can't be too careful. -- __ / \ \__/ Bob Fishell ihnp4!ihu1g!fish