Given your parameters, I think the two bikes you identified are your best
bets. I have first hand experience with the Tern HSD, which is the
electrified version of the Short Haul, and it does everything it's
advertised to do. [One side comment: I never connected "emotionally" to any
Tern bike,
i'm soon going to find myself in a similar situation. have been using my
sam with the yepp maxi in the rear. i initially installed it on a mt-campee
rear rack when he was much smaller and i wasnt really concerned with the
weight, but hes close enough to the 40 mark that i'm worried about it.
Max - love that Ritchey cargo bike. But dreamy pricey - take a cool old
$300 MTB and add a $350 fork and ask $2900 for it!
Hoch - I know some love a trailer, but I never liked having my kids that
far away and that low
Piaw - love those stories. I never had a tandem for my kids, but I agree -
Not what you’re looking for, but I saw this bike the other day and thought it looked cool (not cheap though)Log into Facebookfacebook.comMaxOn Jul 21, 2023, at 2:47 PM, Drw wrote:I guess I should've mentioned that space is a real issue, and the child is 5 years old. Ideally the cargo bike would
I guess I should've mentioned that space is a real issue, and the child is
5 years old. Ideally the cargo bike would have the same footprint as the
rivendell it would be replacing. Also our riding is almost entirely urban,
much of it without bike lanes, so I worry about the trailer option. I
My personal solution was to get a tandem (really, a triplet/quad that
converts). The kids love it, and we just rolled over 13k miles on it since
getting it 8 years ago. Other parents will tell me that my kids are
special, and that their kids couldn't stay on a bike that long. I would
take
Honestly, cargo bikes are nice but they’re pretty spendy and take up a lot
of space.
I sold my cargo/kid specific bikes and got a trailer. Chariot is excellent.
Kids are safe, surrounded by a cage. Also weatherproof weather rain, sun,
cold, etc. Best part is you can hook it up to your
