Originally Posted by
gmm213
So I've had my Fuji Feather a year now and love it. Ride it at least a few times a week. I have a dilemma now though. The wife has graciously decided I can blow about $300 on bicycle gear. Now my dilemma is this, do I drop $100 on an ortleib velocity and $200 on my Fuji, or pick up a $300 bike off CL (around here that means a $200 bike) and throw on a kid seat or drop it all on a project bike that I'll sink another couple hundered into.
If you want your kid to ride with you, so you can bond and get in more rides, you should look at things other than a child seat. They can be dangerous, due to how high the kid is sitting off the ground.
Look at something like a
Burley Kid's Trailer. It looks like some are right at $300.
If the kid is old enough,
you can get a trailer that basically turns your bike into a tandem.
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