http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Children Clips Etc - Recent Posts en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:19:57 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-35383 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:53:08 +0000 SRD 35383@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Btw, best reason to invest in proper rain trousers for the kids is that then when you take them to the park, they can actually go down the slide etc, while the other kids' parents are fumbling for tissues and saying 'that's too wet dear' :)</p> <p>(same goes for not having to worry about sitting on wet benches of course) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-35058 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:26:20 +0000 SRD 35058@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>stepdoh, am just about to order some trews for my big girl. let me know by pm size and colour if you want a pair for your coxswean and i can bring them back by mid-august. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-35033 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:11:24 +0000 Stepdoh 35033@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@dave ouch. The only similar thing has also happened to me with flat pedals, went a-over-t after my foot slid off pedal when I was about to cross the newhaven/ferry rd junctions.</p> <p>Feel pretty safe and secure clipped in, again the style of pedal doesn't keep you in very tightly. But would agree that the day you add the child seat is not the day you add the spds.</p> <p>Main thing is to resist La Danseur when I hit any hills as the wobble gets amplified a bit.</p> <p>So that's what low gears are for :)</p> <p>@steveo: You've not seen my fettling skills. Think backpack would the safest option all round ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-35029 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:57:54 +0000 steveo 35029@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What about a bar bag? A smaller Carradice rigged up as a bar bag? Some dodgy diy solution? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-35028 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:56:36 +0000 Dave 35028@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's interesting that people (who otherwise are quite happy riding clipless, that is*) are wary of doing it with a child on the back.</p> <p>The nearest I've come to a genuine disaster in Edinburgh was when (just in front of a bus, riding my hardtail) I hit a pothole and my "upwards foot" flew off the flat pedal and into the front wheel...</p> <p>* I certainly wouldn't recommend taking up clipless riding with a kid on the back, since it's inevitable that you'll fall off a bit. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-35026 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:49:19 +0000 wingpig 35026@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The original clips on my pannier <em>almost</em> fitted beneath a Co-Pilot, but only because they were quite old and mostly made of metal. Modern clips seem to be chunkier and plastickier. As I've got the reclining variant and have quite a lean-forward riding position there's enough space for now to not yet have to experiment with an eBay pannier and some hooks/clips fashioned from bits of metal strip. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-35023 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:47:53 +0000 Stepdoh 35023@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bibshorts for the win! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-35020 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:38:52 +0000 SRD 35020@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>wait till she discovers she can put her cold little hands up your jacket.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-35019 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:37:48 +0000 Stepdoh 35019@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Didn't think so. It's a great seat otherwise. Will just have to keep the straps tight (although amusingly Roro has begun to use them like reins to gee me on) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-35018 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:34:45 +0000 SRD 35018@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Can you put a pannier on the rack when you have a copilot attached to it, it's really pretty snug on the bars.</em> </p> <p>No. this is main (only?) disadvantage of co-pilot (see many past threads...). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-35017 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:28:43 +0000 Stepdoh 35017@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ta for the tips Ms SRD. Tend to lean a bit more forward when I'm pedalling so it's shortstop has reasonable clearance, it's remembering not to swing my leg back when dismounting that's the issue.</p> <p>Can you put a pannier on the rack when you have a copilot attached to it, it's really pretty snug on the bars. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-35016 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:24:29 +0000 SRD 35016@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Discovery rain trouser <a href="http://reviews.llbean.com/1138/IG91528/discovery-rain-pants-reviews/reviews.htm">reviews</a></p> <p>and for sale <a href="http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/45254?pi=780244&amp;bv=product-_-1138-_-RLP-_-IG91528-_-productname_link&amp;qs=3000086">here</a> from 6m-4 years for about £8 (plus shipping).</p> <p>and microfleece balaclava <a href="http://www.landsend.com/pp/Balaclava~213871_-1.html?bcc=y&amp;action=order_more&amp;sku_0=::BEJ&amp;CM_MERCH=IDX_Girls-_-Outerwear-_-HatsGlovesScarves&amp;origin=index">here</a>. The opening looks small, but ours definitely opens over mouth as well. maybe it has stretched? Anyway, it is very thin fleece, so doesn't affect helmet fit, but have not had any complaints of cold over 3 years of wear. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-35014 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:03:02 +0000 DaveC 35014@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Stepdoh, I'd recomend getting a pannier bag. I used to see this alot in Cambridge which got on my nerves, a small child in a cycle carrer seat with a large rucsac 1/4 inch fron their nose! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-35013 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:55:10 +0000 SRD 35013@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>had a cape. used it a fair bit although child hated it. eventually it blew away one day (!)</p> <p>I recommend raingear. have just been ebaying some new bits in larger sizes. </p> <p>Afraid our best experiences have been with US/Canada stuff (cheap if buying in £). </p> <p>For small'uns I swear by the one-piece MEC newt suit, and when they're a bit bigger LLBean discovery rain trousers are particularly fab. we buy them a size big and get two years wear out of them easily. they're lightweight, pull over everything and have not yet had a complaint about having to wear them. Nor any wet bottoms!</p> <p>In earlier thread I mentioned waterproof/winterproof snow trousers and jackets in girlie colours sizes 2-4ish. let me know if anyone's interested. otherwise will ebay'em. </p> <p>And I really, really recommend (over and over again) a micro-thin fleece balaclava for under the helmet. keeps ears, chin warm; hair dry. everyone happy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-35010 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:29:19 +0000 Greenroofer 35010@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebwPNLqrymode.a4p?f_ProductID=1501&amp;f_SupersetQRY=C372&amp;f_SortOrderID=1&amp;f_bct=c003154c007288">Child cycle cape from EBC</a></p> <p>Never tried (or even actually seen!) one, but noticed them in passing once and thought they seemed a cool idea. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-35008 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:16:05 +0000 Stepdoh 35008@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Having run riding doon the bikepaths with coxswean, just wondering about options for keeping her dry, any reccomendations about an option that won't get stuck in the spokes and drag her off. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-34490 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:12:08 +0000 Stepdoh 34490@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep, clipped in, about an inch clearance at the heels. Seems to be spot on! The seat has foot straps to stop the butt kicking :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-34488 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:03:17 +0000 wingpig 34488@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Excellent. Did you clip or not?<br /> You've possibly even less clearance than mine. You're not getting kicked in the back of the upper thighs at all? Not suddenly having to freeze when shifting your weight and accidentally almost sitting on a hand? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-34487 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:58:22 +0000 Stepdoh 34487@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>well, bike day one seemed to go well! Although my coxwean kept telling me where to go!</p> <p><img src="http://i55.tinypic.com/x4kjk3.jpg"></p> <p>No heel interactions, had to resist standing on the pedals going uphill, but route worked and Rose seemed to love it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-34064 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:27:36 +0000 Stepdoh 34064@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nope, ahm a wester coaster, definitely Coxwean :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204&page=2#post-34050 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:52:21 +0000 Min 34050@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Coxswean brilliant! "</p> <p>I think you'll find that's "Coxbairn" :-P </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204#post-34038 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:11:56 +0000 SRD 34038@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can you buy the 'new extra thick pad' separately?! </p> <p>Enjoy the company on the bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204#post-34033 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:20:11 +0000 kaputnik 34033@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Coxswean</em> brilliant! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204#post-34032 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:14:00 +0000 chdot 34032@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"The coxswean is the person in charge of a bicycle, particularly its navigation and steering."</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coxswain">As seen in Wikipedia</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204#post-34031 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:06:34 +0000 Stepdoh 34031@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or should that be Coxswean, since we are in scotland.</p> <p>Sorry. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204#post-34030 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:06:03 +0000 Stepdoh 34030@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>awesum, absolutely, and my bike now comes with a coxswain.</p> <p>"go, daddy, go!"</p> <p>It's actually the arbor green sports day, but do you think people will think I'm too competitive if i turn up in bib shorts :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204#post-34029 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:57:36 +0000 kaputnik 34029@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em> till next wednesday</em></p> <p>Just in time for the next Kirkliston 10 TT! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204#post-34027 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:51:03 +0000 Stepdoh 34027@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="http://i52.tinypic.com/4s1t2x.jpg"></p> <p>Arrived last night, but thanks to the highland show won't be hitting the road till next wednesday very exciting! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204#post-33894 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:43:24 +0000 SRD 33894@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>See <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3012">this thread</a> and ignore the (inevitable) debate. I listed the smallest kiddy helmets around. </p> <p>My older daughter had an abus smiley, which seemed pretty good. I think she now has a bell, which has benefit that she can get it on by herself, but it doesn't have the dial adjuster at back.</p> <p>We got a met elfo fitted at TBC for the baby and have been very happy so far. the met buddy was cheaper, and cuter, but apparently baby found it less comfortable. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3204#post-33892 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:36:03 +0000 wingpig 33892@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It makes your wallet look smaller from inside the helmet once you've bought it.</p> <p><blockquote><em>"Comez in yellow. You'll pozitively zooooooooooom along in it!"</em></blockquote></p> <p>FTFY. </p>