Reddit mentions: The best bike child seats

My husband uses something like this bike seat .

My daughter is about to be two and used it all of last summer, and has a few times this spring. She will ask for “bike rides” and loves going on them.

We got ours has a hand me down and sometimes I will see them on buy sell trade sites as well.

Happy biking!

For those curious:

When she was two she started riding with me on a bike seat and using a balance bike that converts to pedals.

Around 3.5 years old she started to pedal with training wheels (never doing that again with my younger boys)

When she was 4 I bought her a used 20" coaster brake cannondale knowing one day she'd use it.

5 is when I was able to take the training wheels off that 20" and taking her to the easy stuff on the trails.

Last weekend we picked up this brand new 20" Specialized RipRock

Links:

Bike seats:

Tyke Toter (Seat clamp style)

Shotgun Kids MTB seat <<< This is the one I use now for my youngest 2 year old boy and highly recommend over the Tyke Toter

Bikes:

Vilano 12" convertible balance/pedal bike (Can't seem to find it available anymore but I like that concept.)

Specialized RipRock 20

Norco Roller 16 - This is the bike I just got my 3.5 year old son who is close to being able to pedal. For riding trails I didn't want a coaster brake (I removed it from that used 20" Canondale for my girl.)

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Hope this helps any current or future parents out there.

We got a WeeRide seat for ours, and he was happy in it from about 9 months. We didn't want to put him on a bike before that because we read the vibrations aren't good for the spine.

Pros:

• Baby is in front of you, so you can see what he's doing / interact with him, and he can see forwards. We definitely wanted this rather than a rear-mounted seat.
  
• Mounts to the frame, not the handlebars, so child isn't a dead weight on the handlebars and you can get on/off the bike without worrying about tipping him off so much.
  
• Can get a spare bar, and so swap it between two bikes - handy because of the frog-leg point discussed below...
  
• Front rest so he can fall asleep on it.
  
• Easy to detach (the bar stays attached but doesn't get in the way)
  
  Cons:
  
• Makes you stick your knees out sideways and cycle a bit frog-legged which isn't great for posture or long distances. Having another bar and being able to share with mum helps.
  
• When they get bigger they can try to steer...
  
  We didn't want a trailer because I would be terrified of a car not noticing it behind the bike (flag notwithstanding) and crushing the baby. We've used them off-road on holidays though, and they are great if you're not in traffic.
  
  As for helmets, we got the smallest kid helmet and it adjusted small enough to fit him. They soon grow, so I wouldn't worry if it's a bit loose to start with - it'll only be for a short while.
  
  Edit: formatting

I do not believe the Haibike Hardline has facilities for mounting a rear rack. It's tough to tell from the pictures on their websites, so I don't know for sure.

To do a proper rack requires braze-ons.. hard points.. that the rack can bolt to on the bicycle. I don't see those in the pictures on their website.

They do make child seats that don't require a pre-existing rack... like this one:

https://www.amazon.com/CyclingDeal-Kids-Standard-Bicycle-Carrier/dp/B00MGSCMLO

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If you watch the video you can see that it bolts to the seat tube. That _should_ work, but that seat tube on the Haibike is kinda funky. It's worth buying to see if it fits and returns it if it doesn't, but I think that the best bet is to pick out a bike that has the necessary bolt holes for a rack or buy a bike with a rack from the factory.

you can probably use a trailer, and that would be fun for easy off roading. I use the Yepp Maxi on my Brompton and my MTB Ebike conversion but I can't see how it would fit on that Haibike. It's a seat tube mount. https://www.amazon.com/Thule-Yepp-Maxi-Child-Bike/dp/B07CNG37MB

Jesus christ, can i send you a baby seat? free of charge? I have two extras sitting right in front of me. they look like this - https://www.amazon.com/iBert-Child-Bicycle-Safe-T-Seat-Red/dp/B01DQM0KEE/

More like - https://www.amazon.com/Schwinn-SW74625-1pk-Deluxe-Carrier/dp/B0018CX1AA/

She's not yet old enough to stay on the bike yet, I dont think. But I do like your trailer! Maybe when shes a bit older.

We got this one! So nice, and we get so many compliments on it so clearly no one thinks we're crazy/bad parents for using it!

https://www.amazon.com/WeeRide-Kangaroo-Child-Bike-Seat/dp/B002MCYWHG

Here’s the link

Thule 12080205 Yepp Nexxt Maxi - Vibrant Orange https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B06WW6SJPG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_zY1tDb3Z02W9Z

https://www.amazon.com/WeeRide-Kangaroo-Child-Bike-Seat/dp/B002MCYWHG

I used this with my kids and they seemed to enjoy it for the time being then transitioned to the trailer, similar to your link. Stay away from Walmart / store brand bikes.

We used the WeeRide


https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002MCYWHG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_DJ9BCbEVPJECT

Liked it a lot because you could chat to them a d they weren't stuck looking at your bottom

Link to the child's seat on amazon (pretty sure it's the same one): http://www.amazon.com/TYKE-TOTER-Front-Bicycle-Weight/dp/B0055PJUL0/ref=pd_sim_sbs_ba_24

I'm using the Thule Yepp Maxi along with their rear rack. It's worked out well for the last couple of years I've been using it.

I got it from amazon, it's the rack that comes included with the Schwinn Child Carrier

CyclingDeal Bicycle Kids child Rear Baby Seat bike Carrier USA Standard With Adjustable Seat Rest Height https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BPR1CZY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_wldD7Iwkn61dc

I got this because a lot of components are adjustable, plus you can take it off if you want to ride alone. It also holds up to 40 lbs or so.