Tag a long

passout

Can you use a kids trailer bike (tag a long) with a FS MTB? It attachs to the seat post and will not do any proper off road!

I would put this is the family forum but my posts seem to go unanswered there.

Thanks.

papasmurf.

no idea! but i have seen someone with a full sus and one of those pull along buggie things for tiny kids.. I presume its down to how it fastens to the bike, and how much articulation it can take regarding suspension compression.

The Northern Monkey

All i could find was this..

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=504632

Seems people haven't had many problems.


Have you seen the sidecar ones? they look awesome


BTW, change the thread title to something like "bike trailers for kids" etc etc.... its pretty vague and if people are as lazy as me they might not open the thread (this was an exception lol)

spongtastic

sidecars!? where have you seen them?

The Northern Monkey

spongtastic wrote:

sidecars!? where have you seen them?

http://wheelandsprocket.com/itemdetails.cfm?LibId=35643

Awesome

Beardface

Hey passout, if its any help, my mate and his wife both have specialized epics, and one of these Tag A Long style trailers.

They take their kid out on numerous rides (on road obviously) and I've never heard them complain about their rear sus or anything like that.. so I'd guess from that, that they are perfectly compatible with FS bikes.

Hope that helps

spongtastic

That sidecars amazing but it's $75 just for the hitch :shock:
There's no trailer included!

irishdan13

And it would mean that the kiddy is on the off side so more exposed to traffic. Fine for the US but I wouldn't want to use it here. I would prefer to be on the outside to provide a bit more protection for the little one.

Can't wait till my son is a little bigger and can go in the seat on the back of my HT.

passout

That helps - thanks guys.

I'm taking the family (wife, 4 yr old, 1 yr old) for a two week Scottish Holiday in the summer - Fort Bill & Skye. Obviously I'll do some proper rides by myself but I also need to carry the 4 year old on my Meta when I'm in 'family guy' mode. My 4 year old girl wants to be a Mountain Biker like Dad!

Sidecars....cool! I'll look into that as an option.

ride_whenever

I'd get a trailer instead, much safer option. People use the chariot cougar 2 for off-road a fair bit, it has suspension and seems to work pretty well for that, plus it doesn't effect the steering as much being mounted on the rear axle.

Aldo001

Just go down the world cup course with the trailer. The kids'll be fine... :shock:
Enjoy the holiday

stumpyjon

I've towed my daughters tag along with my Stumpjumper FSR, just locked out the rear shock but I don't think it would have made a lot of difference with it unlocked.

We also have a Burley Cub trailer, now that I can only tow with the commuter bike as it attaches inside the rear triangle on the disc side, so no clearance, and I've got carbon seatstays on the hardtail and the rear triangle on the stumpy has pivots above the drop outs.