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Clipless child carrier
(51 posts)- Started 12 years ago by Stepdoh
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Nope, ahm a wester coaster, definitely Coxwean :)
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well, bike day one seemed to go well! Although my coxwean kept telling me where to go!
No heel interactions, had to resist standing on the pedals going uphill, but route worked and Rose seemed to love it.
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Excellent. Did you clip or not?
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?Posted 12 years ago # -
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 :)
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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.
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Never tried (or even actually seen!) one, but noticed them in passing once and thought they seemed a cool idea.
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had a cape. used it a fair bit although child hated it. eventually it blew away one day (!)
I recommend raingear. have just been ebaying some new bits in larger sizes.
Afraid our best experiences have been with US/Canada stuff (cheap if buying in £).
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!
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.
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.
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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!
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Discovery rain trouser reviews
and for sale here from 6m-4 years for about £8 (plus shipping).
and microfleece balaclava here. 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.
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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.
Can you put a pannier on the rack when you have a copilot attached to it, it's really pretty snug on the bars.
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Can you put a pannier on the rack when you have a copilot attached to it, it's really pretty snug on the bars.
No. this is main (only?) disadvantage of co-pilot (see many past threads...).
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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)
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wait till she discovers she can put her cold little hands up your jacket....
Posted 12 years ago # -
Bibshorts for the win!
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The original clips on my pannier almost 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.
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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.
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...
* 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.
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What about a bar bag? A smaller Carradice rigged up as a bar bag? Some dodgy diy solution?
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@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.
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.
Main thing is to resist La Danseur when I hit any hills as the wobble gets amplified a bit.
So that's what low gears are for :)
@steveo: You've not seen my fettling skills. Think backpack would the safest option all round ;)
Posted 12 years ago # -
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.
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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' :)
(same goes for not having to worry about sitting on wet benches of course)
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