Originally Posted by Roody
Maybe not mountain biking or hopping curbs, but why would a trailer on smooth pavement shake a baby?
I almost never encounter such thing as smooth pavement for more than about, oh, 100 meters?.. I hardly notice the smaller bumps/cracks of course since I know how to use my body to cushion the vibration, but the baby's body doesn't know how to do that...
I agree that in general Americans are far too paranoid and safety-obsessed, but in this case I would join the paranoid crowd. Little babies are such damn fragile things. If I ever carried one while riding, I think I'd attach it to myself since I absorb shocks better than a bike trailer, I think. Then I'd have to be supercareful about not falling, of course...