Take a spin through my instagram for the progression of various set-ups.
Truth is you'll probably want several options to suit the Bike Lyfe :-)
https://www.instagram.com/yellowhausbicycles/?hl=en
Can't say enough about front-mounted optionsalong with a bakfiets.
Both our kids started in
What a great discussion! Thanks everyone for the suggestions and the
stories.
Leah & Eric - I hear you about the safety. My son can hold his neck upright
pretty well right now but I failed to take into account the added weight of
the helmet. Head bobbing is also another good point I didn't
I thought I was extremely stable with my Burley solo. Kids started at
about 11 months with helmet. I had books and music with them and they
loved it. (Slept a lot too!) I had them on a tandem with child stoker kid
at 2 1/2 and later tandem + burley followed by triplet with both my kids.
I had
I'm sorry, but I'm waxing nostalgic, so here are more baby-on-bike-or-trike
vignettes. Catie graduated from college in June and is visiting us for a
month before a planned move to NYC with friends. She's with me now.
Age barely 2, I bought her a Radio Flyer toddler tricycle with fat 8" (?)
I had a very positive experience with the Thule Yepp Mini front-mounted
seat for ~9 months to nearly two-years-old. It pairs well with sweptback
bars like Choco and Albatross, though I also used it with Wavie bars. We
definitely started before age one, no problem. I ride big bikes, so
On Saturday, September 2, 2023 at 11:25:37 AM UTC-5 campyo...@me.com wrote:
2) wait until their neck muscles were strong enough to support both their
head and the helmet.
Well, we had our kids in a car seat (strapped into the Burley trailer)
until they were truly strong enough to sit up,
I really don’t want to sound like I’m giving parenting advice, but … way back
when my kids were this age, we were advised to 1) put a helmet on them and 2)
wait until their neck muscles were strong enough to support both their head and
the helmet. We eventually bought a trailer (forget the
Looking for wisdom and advice from the Riv community on riding bikes with
babies on them. At what age did you start? What seats, trailers, etc did
you use? Where did you ride?
My little one just turned 6 months old and I am itching to introduce him to
bike rides. He can sit on his own and
