Trailer for older kids

DaveC2
DaveC2 Posts: 3
edited December 2007 in Family & kids cycling forum
Hi - I do a twice weekly comute of ~5 miles each way with one or two kids. I've been using a Shetland trailer, which is starting to come apart and has never been very weather proof. In addition at 4 and 2 the kids are starting to get a bit squashed in it. Any recomendations on which tailers to go for to get another couple of years out of it? A couple from the Chariot range look good (the Chabrolet XL and the Comfort) orfrom the Burley range the Cub or the Bee. Any advice on which to go for? I need space and waterproofness as the main criterial.

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  • LizPirrie
    LizPirrie Posts: 9
    Dave we just bought a Trek go-bug for our tall-for-his-age 4 year old. Plenty leg room and very weather proof. Pricey, but I'm hoping to get another two summers out of it.
  • hamstercp
    hamstercp Posts: 639
    We have a Burley Bee - and its fine (but getting a bit cramped) for two boys 5 and 2.
    It's well made and I strongly recommend it. I had a Kool-Stop / Winchester one before which was heavier and noisier.

    If you are in Hants / Dorset give me a PM and come and try it.
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  • spen666
    spen666 Posts: 17,709
    you need a bike like the Goodies had- the kids are old enough to act as stokers for you :twisted: :evil:
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  • motopat
    motopat Posts: 6
    spen666 wrote:
    you need a bike like the Goodies had- the kids are old enough to act as stokers for you :twisted: :evil:

    :lol: titter
  • pigman
    pigman Posts: 76
    spen666 wrote:
    you need a bike like the Goodies had- the kids are old enough to act as stokers for you :twisted: :evil:

    I know your sort... stokers my a#se. you want them to push you around all day
  • Cunobelin
    Cunobelin Posts: 11,792
    pigman wrote:
    spen666 wrote:
    you need a bike like the Goodies had- the kids are old enough to act as stokers for you :twisted: :evil:

    I know your sort... stokers my a#se. you want them to push you around all day

    Kids love being able to do this!
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  • spen666
    spen666 Posts: 17,709
    pigman wrote:
    spen666 wrote:
    you need a bike like the Goodies had- the kids are old enough to act as stokers for you :twisted: :evil:

    I know your sort... stokers my a#se. you want them to push you around all day

    No, I like to push little kids around- it makes me feel dead hard and big :wink:
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  • Tdr1nka
    Tdr1nka Posts: 6
    I have noticed that if my 5 year-old slows her pedalling on our MTB + tag-a-long tandem it starts to really drag.

    She loves to do the pedalling by herself and there are a couple of straight, flat roads on our route where we have some momentum and she can keep us at 15mph quite happily.

    T x

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