Rear Child Seat Advice Needed
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Rear Child Seat Advice Needed
I'm a long time road, mountain, tourer, commuter cyclist. I would love to build up a cargo bike like the Yuba Mungo for around town cycling/transportation with my daughter, but before I go through all that I'd like to start smaller and see how well she (and mom) takes to the idea.
I'm looking for advice on rear mount child seats, that will presumably attach to my existing Tubus rack. Which companies should I look at? Any preferred models? Any considerations I should think about? Quickly releasing from the rack is nice but not required.
My daughter is 15 months now. She is about 23#s now and 33" tall. We live in SoCal.
I'm looking for advice on rear mount child seats, that will presumably attach to my existing Tubus rack. Which companies should I look at? Any preferred models? Any considerations I should think about? Quickly releasing from the rack is nice but not required.
My daughter is 15 months now. She is about 23#s now and 33" tall. We live in SoCal.
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For a rear seat that mounts to an existing rack, I recommend either the Bobike Maxi City or the Yepp Maxi Easy Fit. Since the price is so much lower, I recommend ordering from Holland Bike Shop; even with a $40 shipping charge, the total price is more than $50 less than the American distributors!:
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A point in favor of the Yepp is that if you did end up with a cargo bike, both the Yuba Mundo and the Xtracycle Edgerunner platforms are designed to work with this seat (the pre-drilled deck holes are aligned with the holes for the Easy Fit Adapter. The Bobike adapter is a little lower profile, so it would keep the seat lower.
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A point in favor of the Yepp is that if you did end up with a cargo bike, both the Yuba Mundo and the Xtracycle Edgerunner platforms are designed to work with this seat (the pre-drilled deck holes are aligned with the holes for the Easy Fit Adapter. The Bobike adapter is a little lower profile, so it would keep the seat lower.
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Bikes: Co-Motion Cappuccino Tandem,'88 Bob Jackson Touring, Co-Motion Cascadia Touring, Open U.P., Ritchie Titanium Breakaway, Frances Cycles SmallHaul cargo bike. Those are the permanent ones; others wander in and out of the stable occasionally as well.
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My experience is that seat makers do not want the uncertainty of attaching to another rack so they require you to use their rack. We used the heck out of a Rhode Gear seat until the kids outgrew it.