06-26-2019, 02:19 AM
(06-26-2019, 12:32 AM)nms Wrote: I am about to embark on taking my 10-month-old daughter on bike trips in town, but I don't have room to store a trailer in my townhouse. I'm looking for advice on mounting a front child bike seat on my bicycle. (eg here is what Thule offers). Does anyone have any advice, or a recommended local bike shop that would carry this, and/or be able to install it if necessary? My current bike is a 25-year-old Raleigh Discovery mountain bike.We have a Yepp Mini. It's a great design. A few things to watch out for:
Thanks.
- Clearance between your kid's helmet and your chest. Depending on the geometry of the bike, their helmet might push against your chest while riding. This will get worse as they grow bigger. I had to swap the handlebars on my bike to support a more upright position because of this.
- Mounting bracket. There are two different types of mounts that attach to the bike. One has a plate in front of the steerer tube, another behind, and they are held in place with friction. This requires about 7cm of open space on the tube. The seat can rotate about the axis of the tube when pushed hard, and is held in a fairly upright position. The other mount requires you to remove the stem from the tube, then put a plate with a hole in it onto the tube. The plate is held in place by a shackle over the stem. The seat is more reclined with this mount.
- Multiple bikes. We have a mount on both my and my wife's bike. The seat can be switched between them in a few seconds. I would strongly recommend this if you both ride.