A guide to carrying your child on a bicycle

A guide to carrying your child on a bicycle
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Has the summer weather inspired you to get out and about with your little one? Our intrepid testers, aged 18 months to eight, spend a day in the park helping us try out everything from infant seats to trailers to cargo bikes - even a distinctly eccentric tandem-meets-recumbent.
Burley D'Lite and Weeride Safefront Deluxe supplied by Evans Cycles.
Nihola cargo bike and Hase Pino Half Recumbent supplied by London Recumbents

Пікірлер: 63

  • @AverageJoeCyclist
    @AverageJoeCyclist7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video, which I found very helpful. I especially admired the production values - it must be really tough to make a good video that includes small children and moving bikes. Well done.

  • @ellielopez1615
    @ellielopez16154 жыл бұрын

    My anxiety will make me look back to make sure my baby didnt fall off

  • @TheNewTomboy
    @TheNewTomboy5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for the review. I found it very helpful. Keep up the great work

  • @madeleinecraig1032
    @madeleinecraig10324 жыл бұрын

    This was such a sweet and soothing video, honestly.

  • @trickymicky0007
    @trickymicky00075 жыл бұрын

    very informative-planning to take my grandchildren [one at a time]for cycling journeys-liberating-

  • @joegoodwill8925
    @joegoodwill89257 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for a great video.

  • @codyjbartz
    @codyjbartz Жыл бұрын

    Excellent, thank you for sharing!

  • @kingcomments
    @kingcomments6 жыл бұрын

    brilliant ideas

  • @feedmeknowledge5540
    @feedmeknowledge55405 жыл бұрын

    Great very thorough

  • @jayteegamble
    @jayteegamble6 жыл бұрын

    I want that cargo bike!! But holy cow they are expensive.

  • @OP-1000
    @OP-10006 жыл бұрын

    I think it is funny that the guy is called Peter Walker. You know, because bikes.. walker... No? I’ll go now.

  • @ruyveng
    @ruyveng4 жыл бұрын

    The trailer should always be covered during the ride, at least with the mesh, because little stones can be thrown by the wheel and hit the kid’s eye or face.

  • @SP-ny1fk

    @SP-ny1fk

    10 ай бұрын

    Builds character!

  • @Arjay404
    @Arjay4045 жыл бұрын

    The reason his head is right against your chest is because the handlebars of that bike are way too low for someone of your size, if I had to guess I would say that bike is set up for a teenager or someone as tall as a teenager and not for a full grown adult.

  • @andyjame28
    @andyjame28 Жыл бұрын

    Very useful and efficient

  • @snowbird5381
    @snowbird53816 жыл бұрын

    I am kind of wondering about London traffic and kids in cargo bike/trailer, the two just don't mix.

  • @nicktorea4017
    @nicktorea40176 жыл бұрын

    An E bike with 2 kids up front a mid mounted seat for the baby & a 2 seat trailer at the back for 2 more kid's or shopping etc. You would really get your moneys worth out of the E bike for sure

  • @widdley24
    @widdley245 жыл бұрын

    I'm still using my weeride, my son is 5. Still feels safe and protected.

  • @yushi911
    @yushi9116 жыл бұрын

    That the thing...it's only common in Netherland. I don't even see it a lot in China !

  • @redmed10
    @redmed105 жыл бұрын

    How are these things classed as safe?

  • @siri1481
    @siri14812 жыл бұрын

    I need 1 for my great dane

  • @jacquelinelu8900
    @jacquelinelu89003 жыл бұрын

    Do they sale the cargo bike in the US

  • @franciscomecking8766
    @franciscomecking87662 жыл бұрын

    Legendas em Português, por favor!!

  • @jialiu7886
    @jialiu7886 Жыл бұрын

    Just don’t understand why it cost so much just to get a bike.

  • @dutchman7623
    @dutchman76237 жыл бұрын

    Just started with this? Backseat is much to high, the lower it is, the easier. The trailer... cover your kids with mud and sand?

  • @oceaniccurrents
    @oceaniccurrents2 жыл бұрын

    We got to get dad a helmet 😉

  • @lindsaypatton8374
    @lindsaypatton8374 Жыл бұрын

    every go here for more details

  • @100musicplaylists3
    @100musicplaylists3 Жыл бұрын

    The current designs for child carriers are simply not safe. The rear tow trailers are very vulnerable to being hit from behind and offer zero protection to kids. At the very least impact absorbing materials and roll cages should be compulsory for child carrying trailers.

  • @CalmoOmlac

    @CalmoOmlac

    6 ай бұрын

    You can get hit from behind on a bicycle too and have no protection. I don't get your logic.

  • @dtaylor4200
    @dtaylor42004 жыл бұрын

    I like how the parent isn’t wearing a helmet. Do as I say, not as I do!

  • @harshbarj
    @harshbarj5 жыл бұрын

    I live in the states and have never seen a child on a bike with their parents. At best you sometimes see a trailer for kids behind the bike. Sad really. Though outside of my bikes I have only ever twice seen another dutch style bike here.

  • @davidjaberi
    @davidjaberi4 жыл бұрын

    Where is the adults helmet?

  • @daniellafferety4025
    @daniellafferety40252 жыл бұрын

    If they are 6 years old why do they not have their own bike? They are old enough for kindergarten.

  • @emilywhelan4471
    @emilywhelan447111 ай бұрын

    What do cyclists wear at night?

  • @antonlissenberg9382
    @antonlissenberg93826 жыл бұрын

    Teach your kids to ride their bike as soon as possible The will be the best cyclist in the world and no helmets please that is a false safety difyss

  • @1RungAtATime

    @1RungAtATime

    6 жыл бұрын

    You can't even walk around Denmark because of all the brain damaged cyclists just falling all over the place.

  • @morosis82

    @morosis82

    5 жыл бұрын

    As always, it depends. Cruising around on good cycle paths, properly segregated from traffic, etc? Sure, go nuts. I ride at up to 60km/h, and my helmet has saved my noggin a couple of times. Now we just need to invent lycra that doesn't tear when you hit the ground at 45km/h+, would have saved my legs and arms...

  • @janmodaal8507
    @janmodaal85076 жыл бұрын

    No helmets please, that's wrong.

  • @OP-1000

    @OP-1000

    6 жыл бұрын

    I don’t think its wrong, just unneccesary.

  • @20alphabet

    @20alphabet

    6 жыл бұрын

    Unnecessary IS wrong!

  • @hannakylesteele9709

    @hannakylesteele9709

    6 жыл бұрын

    i can't sem to find info on not wearing helmets but i have heard about it quiet often, can you reference a webpage?

  • @habecheetah7549

    @habecheetah7549

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jan, yes, no helmets! helmet fear mongering only serves those selling helmets. helmets just barely help in a real crash. it's better to focus on safe cycling and looking ahead.

  • @habecheetah7549

    @habecheetah7549

    6 жыл бұрын

    Randy, thank you. You got me thinking...

  • @danielj.265
    @danielj.2656 жыл бұрын

    is this a joke? i mean this is so common in the netherlands LoL

  • @habecheetah7549

    @habecheetah7549

    6 жыл бұрын

    definitely a joke...British sense of humor. ;-)

  • @rich_edwards79

    @rich_edwards79

    4 жыл бұрын

    The UK is loooong way behind the Netherlands (and for that matter the rest of EU) in terms of cycling. It's still seen as a sport for super fit middle-aged men in Lycra rather than a means of getting from A to B, and bikes, clothing and attitudes all reflect that. Our stupid class system also plays a role as usual - for the longest time a bike was seen as a poor alternative for those who couldn't afford or drive a car, the latter being very much regarded as a status symbol here. Very destructive mentality which is finally changing a little in the wake of Covid-19 and with the growing popularity of e-bikes, but the culture (especially amongst car drivers and council road planners) still has a long way to go.

  • @harshnemesis
    @harshnemesis6 жыл бұрын

    looks super unsafe, just buy a car

  • @lolsaXx

    @lolsaXx

    6 жыл бұрын

    Because cars are very safe...

  • @harshnemesis

    @harshnemesis

    6 жыл бұрын

    Actually they are very safe these days and say whatever you will, but they are way safer than any bicycle and bs attached to it.

  • @sangle120

    @sangle120

    5 жыл бұрын

    Driving everywhere isn't exactly doing wonders for public health or the environment. Some options are definitely safer than others under different conditons and I'd be picking and choosing on where to take a child cycling, but saying just buy a car isn't doing kids any favours in the long term.

  • @harshnemesis

    @harshnemesis

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's not doing them favors either way because they just lie back there it not like they are ones riding the bike. As far as your health goes, just run 10km a day it only takes like 45mins anyway and it's waay better.

  • @sangle120

    @sangle120

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's not just about whether or not they are riding, it's the habits you form and the example you set. I disagree that running is automatically better than riding. The best form of exercise is one that you'll stick to, and for some people running poses an greater risk of injury eg. Those who are overweight or have knee issues, so what works for one doesn't necessarily work for another.

  • @20alphabet
    @20alphabet6 жыл бұрын

    If you need such a guide, please don't have children!