I like and use mine. Taking my son to Piano lessons 8 or 9 miles away tomorrow. I've put about 200 miles on it, mostly loaded. Have brought the kids to church 7 miles away.
It's a heavy bike, and nowhere near as fast as a single kiddie-seat bike, but I never have to worry about my nutty impulsive little guys letting go of stoker bars, etc. They bring books on board and read as we ride.
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The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets. Christopher Morley