ridestockholm

Im looking for a cart or whatever that attaches to my bike that I could put 2 kids in, one toddler and one infant in a car seat. Any Ideas? I have a Bob jogging stroller and it is perfect for running. It has a car seat thing for when your kid is a baby and then once he/she's able to sit in normal seat without the car seat, you can put a cup holder and such for them. I want that except one to pull behind the bike.

Thanks for help.

trekker pete

Most of the kiddie carts I have seen face forward. The one I had was a rear facing one and it was very simple. It was basically just a plastic shell with a little padding and 2 seat belts. I loved that thing and wish to hell I hadn't gotten rid of it as it would make a nice grocery getter now.

DallasSoxFan

Craigslist is the PERFECT place for picking up a trailer. IMO, a kid trailer is one of the bike purchases most frequently purchased then never used (unfortunately). I picked up mine for $40. Its an Instep. It squeaks a lot, isn't very aero. However, the kid loves it and when i haul him it is not about making time.

Stray8

https://www.amazon.com/Schwinn-Double.../dp/B0021I7V4W



https://www.amazon.com/Schwinn-Trailb...ef=pd_sbs_sg_1


https://www.amazon.com/InStep-Quick-E...ef=pd_sbs_sg_1

JeffS

There's not a trailer that is designed to hold a car seat. Some people have found a way to put one in there, but it's not made for it like your stroller.

The Recreation and Family forum has plenty of trailer discussions
https://www.bikeforums.net/recreational-family/

Be prepared for criticism from the safety nannies for wanting to put a carseat-age kid in a trailer. We have a Burley trailer but didn't really use it. My daughter hated riding in it compared to being in her front-mounted bobike - and has now outgrown that and moved into a rear-mounted seat.

lshaped

i have a burley bee- me and my 2 year old son have put ALOT of miles on it since getting it last year.
i put him in with some books, toys and he loves it- of course i need to interact with him by singing every once in a while but it gets my miles in and gives my wife a break.i waited until he

MilitantPotato

for ~$200 get the Schwinn job at toys-r-us or target. For $300, get a Wike, which is one of the best reviewed trailers around. for $400+ get a Burley.

Schwinns are passable, hold together for normal people. Wike's are worth the extra money. Burleys are priced at a premium, IMO.

Wike: https://www.wicycle.com/child_trailers.php

noisebeam

Wike's looks good. What do you or anyone know about Chariots (which seem even pricier)?

tjspiel

We have a burley and did occasionally put a car seat in it. It definitely took some jury rigging and I don't think we ever tried to get our toddler aged son (at the time) in there with our daughter. He was able to ride on the tag-along by that time and the car seat took up a lot of room in the Burley. He was 4 by the time we were putting our daughter in the Burley so I guess he was more of a pre-schooler than a toddler.

Our daughter is now 5 and will still ride in the Burley now and then when we're taking a longer trip and want to haul some stuff along with us. I'll continue to use it as a trailer once she's too big to ride in it. There are more good choices today in trailers than there were 8 years ago when we got the burley but we've gotten our money's worth out of it.

When our kids were really little we were determined to continue our active lifestyle as much as we could. In retrospect though I don't know that sticking a car seat in a burley was that great of an idea.

oboeguy

I put our little man in a Burley. He's a VERY active little fella so isn't happy in there for very long. For now I've mostly used it for jogs, with a break halfway to let him get out some energy.

Why risk putting a little infant in there? I'm not saying I waited until exactly twelve months before riding with him but...

somedood

We put our little man in the bike trailer (it's a trek branded Chariot) when he was a little mroe than 6 months old. We usually ended up lying him down longway's on the seat and buckling him that way so he could nap, but it wasn't the most secure method.

Chariot has a lot of accessories for carrying smaller children, one is for 3 months and up - which is about when I'd want to start carrying our little ones around:

https://www.chariotcarriers.com/engli...es.php?accID=3

The only thing I really worry about is the how the bumps make an infants head bob around, something that like Chariot support would take care of that problem me thinks.

MilitantPotato

It doesn't appear to come with any form of head and neck restraint, which in case of an accident or sudden stop would be a life saver for infants. Even low speed stops on an unsupported head could be deadly. Strapping down a car seat would be far safer until they're well over a year old, IMO. Infants need to be laying down with their head fully supported on all sides. I'd run extra wide tires at 10-15psi and go very gingerly with an infant, in a car seat strapped in, if at all.

Wike does have a suspension model, might be worth the reduction in jolts the little one would feel if traveling at a decent speed, but it's $550 dollars.

BigDaddyPete

I have a Burley trailer that used to hold both of my kids. We've added to the growing collection of bike stuff with an Allycat trail a bike for my son. It's quite a sight seeing us going to the park on Sat. morning.

hairnet

I towed one around one time, I don't think I've ever been treated so well by motorists

Face-Plant

I have a Chariots and love it, very nice design, and easy to use. the down side now for me is that my kids are to big for it. I may put it up on CL or use it for hauling stuff when needed, don't know yet.

noisebeam

What are the 'feel' or handling differences between Wike, Chariot, Burley, etc.? Are there any significant differences? Are some more stable, corner better, etc?

It is easy to see the differences is restraints, child position, design of covers/windows/screens, etc. but very hard if not practically impossible to know if one trailer rides (for the tower) better than another.

tjspiel

I can't comment on the differences since I've only used a Burley. What I can say is that I don't have any complaints about the way it handles. It's very stable. It should be noted though that I'm never going all that fast when I'm pulling it.

Another thing probably worth mentioning is that the bike is not centered in the middle of the trailer when you're pulling it. I'm trying to picture myself pulling it but if I remember right, the bike is lined up closer to the right side of the trailer. You have to be aware of that when passing close to other objects.

noisebeam

^^^^ yeah I don't expect to go fast of course, but figured I'd ask in case one trailer stands out as notably better (or worse) for handling. even at slow speeds its nice to have a bit of an edge in handling confidence/comfort

BigDaddyPete

IIRC, I'm lined up to the leftmost side....closer to the road which means it sticks out more to my right. I'd go check, but it's pouring and I don't feel like walking to the garage. I love my Burley D'Lite. That being said, it's like your own personal drag chute. But for going to the park, dropping my kids at school and that sort of thing, it's awesome.

ghettocruiser

The chariot didn't take too much getting used to.

We bought the single-seater, as the express purpose when we bought it was to get a 1-year-old to daycare, 20km round trip for a period of 6 months, every day, all weather. I think the double would have been just way too big to pull that far on a daily basis, plus considering the number of narrow shortcuts that we just fit though with the single...

We have two kids now, so we may need a two-seater at some point, but as far as I'm concerned, with 1800km on it the Chariot has pretty much paid for itself.

The single pulls well, far better than the Bell double trailer that is a back-up at my parents house. Most of the pain seems to come from stopping and starting, so stop-sign clogged routes suck. Once up to speed they pull very quick indeed. I pulled my (now 2-year-old) in a 30 mi charity ride last month on a route with no stops, and we averaged about 19.5mph. I can't ride much faster than that without the trailer.

MilitantPotato

Here's a review of several models done by Bicycling Magazine. The interesting bit is the tendency to roll over at low speed several models have. https://www.wicycle.com/downloads/bicycling.jpg

noisebeam

Thanks for the report ghettocruiser. Interesting. I am looking for a single seater. The Chariot gets great reviews, but seems the most costly and never shows up used locally.
Which Chariot do you have? Cougar?

ghettocruiser

Cougar. The cheaper ones didn't have the suspension and the more expensive ones seemed to have a lot of needless accessories adding price and weight.

Finding one used was a bit of a failure for me as well, as they in all cases wanted only a bit less than the MSRP.

Face-Plant

I like our Chariot Cabriolet as it has nice ventilation, rain protection, and sun protections as well. Spoke wheels, makes for a nice ride and easy fix if this should even be needed. Sits two and has three other conversion kit's for it. My bike is pretty centered with the trailer as well.

aley

I've used two different Burleys (a Solo and a D'Lite), an Instep, and a Chariot (Trek branded, although the current Trek-branded trailers are no longer Chariots AFAIK). I've not really noticed any impact on the handling of the bike; mostly what you notice is that it's heavier and takes a lot more work to accelerate. Leave yourself plenty of time to cross busy streets.

I bought the Burley Solo from a coworker at about the same time as my wife bought the Instep for me as a birthday gift. I used them both a fair bit, depending on whether I was going to take one or two kids with me; the Burley definitely held up better than the Instep. After a year and perhaps 40 hours of riding, the Instep had gone from being new to having seams that were starting to pull apart, and generally looking like it had been used hard. The Burley was used (and used heavily by the previous owner, at that), so it started out looking somewhat used, but it ended up after a year (and maybe 30 hours of riding) looking almost exactly the same - there was no significant additional wear. I found the Trek/Chariot on CL for a song, so I bought that, sold the Burley for more than I'd paid for it, and gave away the Instep since it wasn't in good enough shape that I felt right selling it. The Trek has held up quite well; some features are nicer than the Burley D'Lite that I've used (a friend owns it and I've used it a few times here and there), and others aren't quite as nice. Either of these is a very good choice.

As others have pointed out, mounting a rear-facing infant seat is going to be challenging in most trailers.