easy rider child carrier, MOST UNSAFE seat ever
07-13-07, 11:56 AM
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I'd do it, if it's some old upright three speed or something, and I'll just be tootling around on a bike trail. The odds of me falling in that situation are microscopic.
On my road bike, out on the street, going down hills at 30 MPH? No chance.
On my road bike, out on the street, going down hills at 30 MPH? No chance.
07-13-07, 01:02 PM
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Big deal. It's not like someone's going to go hammer on a club ride or do time trials with their 3yo. If you're just putzing around the 'hood, I think it would be fun and I'll bet my daughter would too.
07-13-07, 01:14 PM
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I would've put my 2 year old on that seat, with me riding. The kid is right there where you can see them, you've got your arms round them. Sure, if you fall, it's gonna hurt, but imagine a kid in a rear mounted seat if you hit something and go over the bars! And of course you wouldn't stick this on your CF Cervelo and then descend the Alp D'Huez - that's not what it's for, and nobody with a brain would do it.
07-13-07, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Sammyboy
that's not what it's for, and nobody with a brain would do it.
07-13-07, 04:48 PM
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Hey, we were dare devils back in the day. I have this picture of a Plymouth advertisement with this attractive young women driving in her white gloves and pillbox hat circa 1962 with a baby laid out on a blanket on the front passenger seat. No car seat or anything. And I rode with no helmet, played outside without supervision, and even played on a playground with real dirt instead of rubber mats. Oh yeah, and my dad kept a loaded pistol in the nightstand too, with no trigger lock. It's a wonder I survived to adulthood. Guess that seat couldn't be any worse than that.
07-13-07, 04:53 PM
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It looks like Paolo has a similar set-up! Click link below: 
https://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.ph...575_bettiniday
... Brad
https://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.ph...575_bettiniday
... Brad
07-13-07, 05:13 PM
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So there is some mixed feeling about this old seat. My claim most unsafe still stands. Compare this set up to any other child seat set up. Did you find one less safe?
07-13-07, 05:33 PM
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I've ridden around the apartments with my 3 year old just sitting on my front rack before. As soon as she was convinced that there was a chance she wouldn't die she had fun.
07-13-07, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by tolfan
So there is some mixed feeling about this old seat. My claim most unsafe still stands. Compare this set up to any other child seat set up. Did you find one less safe?
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07-13-07, 07:08 PM
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Well you dont want a cheap one but those plastic seats are fixed and the kid is straped in and the seat hits the ground taking the impact not the kid's head. Get in a wreck with the easyrider , you can grab the kid to save them and wind up bodyslaming them in to the ground.
lebrad; I remember riding on racks as a small child. It was fun. When I was 7 my friends and I decided to ride our bikes to New Jersey, we lived in philadelphia. Got a NEW RULE that day, your not alowed to leave the state. Some rules parents just dont think of ahead of time.
lebrad; I remember riding on racks as a small child. It was fun. When I was 7 my friends and I decided to ride our bikes to New Jersey, we lived in philadelphia. Got a NEW RULE that day, your not alowed to leave the state. Some rules parents just dont think of ahead of time.
07-13-07, 07:10 PM
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My nephew was a trail-a-bike kid, and learned his riding balance that way. When it came time to hit up his first two wheeler, I took about three steps, pushed and that was it he was full on riding. They get my vote for ride balance training. We recently gave it to a family down the street with little ones.
07-13-07, 07:53 PM
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For kids who have outgrown the ShelBroCo Carrababy?
07-15-07, 09:51 AM
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When I was 4 or 5, I remember my parents carrying me on a contraption like that, only much cruder: a rectangular piece of plywood with some foam on top, and no foot pegs.
Today's parents are wussies.
Today's parents are wussies.
