Child Seats for MTB

Gary026

Hello All

Can anybody give me some advice on child seats and how old the child needs to be??

Both myself and my partner have Specialized Hardrock sports and i am in the process of buying either a Lapierre spicy or Cube AMS thats another debate...! The seat would more than likely be mounted on the Hardrocks, although if i am out on my own would any seats fit to a full suspension bike? At first it i would be out cycling roads and smooth cycle paths as the child is only 4 months old, so am i jumping the gun a little and wanting my little man on a bike

if anyone could help me out i would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

ride_whenever

generally, as a rule of thumb, for smooth stuff, they need to be able to support their head with a helmet on.

baudman

Agree - and as said, that'd be on smooth stuff.

But, by way of inspiration (and suggested solution) - http://www.loct.co.uk/

Rear-mounted child seats suck on SO many levels.

othello

I totally recommend a Co-Pilot http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Co-Pi ... 000000058/

Both my wife and I have them so we can take our 2 children out

It comes with a proper Blackburn rack and the seat clips onto it. So if you want to whizz out for a ride on your bike minus children you just unclip the seat. The rack takes all the weight of the child and makes the bike feel more stable than the floating arm type seats. If you bought an extra Blackburn rack (so you had one on both bikes) you could switch the seat over between bikes.

The Co-Pilot also reclines. Both my two fall asleep, even on rocky bridleways and tracks! However I would say 18 months really for going in the seat. Before that age they really need to go in a trailer.

baudman

othello wrote:

I totally recommend a Co-Pilot http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Co-Pi ... 000000058/
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Err... can you use that on a full-suspension bike? I thought it used a rear rack?

othello

baudman wrote:

othello wrote:

I totally recommend a Co-Pilot http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Co-Pi ... 000000058/
...

Err... can you use that on a full-suspension bike? I thought it used a rear rack?

It does, though didn't she say she would be using it on the Hardrock? Nothing out there for a full-sus really. I did see some Dads out doing a pretty serious offroad hack the other day each pulling a Chariot Cougar trailer. They looked a pretty serious bit of kit!

baudman

othello wrote:

baudman wrote:

othello wrote:

I totally recommend a Co-Pilot http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Co-Pi ... 000000058/
...

Err... can you use that on a full-suspension bike? I thought it used a rear rack?

It does, though didn't she say she would be using it on the Hardrock? Nothing out there for a full-sus really. I did see some Dads out doing a pretty serious offroad hack the other day each pulling a Chariot Cougar trailer. They looked a pretty serious bit of kit!

Gary026 wrote:

... although if i am out on my own would any seats fit to a full suspension bike?

And for full suspension, there's a link above. I also recently got a BoBike mini. (But think the above one would be better).