Do you want to ride with your 1yr old baby on a bike? Do you have an E-Bike or Cargo Bike?
Understand the options that are most suitable for your style of bike. Helping you get the Right Kids Bike Seat or Trailer.
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Overview: Electric Bike, Cargo Bike, Electric Cargo Bike
E-Bikes:
Using an E-Bike to ride with a young child is a fantastic way to start your families riding journey. Having the assistance an E-Bike will help make the riding you do easy and enjoyable. E-Bikes have strong frames and are generally designed to enable carrying weight (exception being E-Mountain Bikes). The biggest issue you may have is where your battery is and how this affects attaching things to your bike.
Type of Riding: E-Bikes are used in all riding environments from around town riding to multi day tour riding. Type of Frame: There are a wide range of E-Bike frames available, please see the end of this story to learn more about your frame and what type of kids bike seat will work with it.
Front Seat: It is important to understand you body position on your E-Bike and how this will influence your ability to use a Front Seat. The more upright you are the more space you will have for a front seat.
Rear Seat: Battery placement at the rear of your bike – under a rear carrier or in the frame of your seat post tube will affect your ability to attach a rear seat so you must investigate further if your E-Bike has a battery in one of these positions.
Bike Trailer: E-Bikes are a great choice with bike trailers especially for making your riding easy with added weight. The only thing to watch for is attachment to a rear gear hub – if you have one of these in your rear wheel you will need a special attachment piece.
Cargo Bikes:
Using a Cargo Bike to ride with a young child is a fantastic way to start your families riding journey. Cargo Bikes have extremely strong frames and are designed to enable carrying cargo. They are heavy and usually longer than a standard bike so you will need to adapt to handling one. Cargo bikes are ideal for adding front and rear bike seats, it would be unusual to choose to tow a bike trailer.
Type of Riding: Cargo bikes are for around town, urban, commute style riding.
Front Seat: Cargo bikes are usually designed to position the rider in a comfortable, upright position. They create plenty of space between you and the handlebars for attaching a front seat.
Rear Seat: This can be the best match for a number of Cargo Bike styles. Cargo bikes often have extended rear racks or carriers, integrated into the frame of the bike, that are the perfect place for a rear carrier mounted seat.
Bike Trailer: Generally a Cargo Bike is doing the job of a bike trailer by providing you with storage options and multiple seats for young kids. It would be unusual to choose to add a trailer to your cargo bike.
E-Cargo Bikes:
The ultimate in family transport, often used to replace a second car. An Electric Cargo Bike takes all the effort of riding a heavy bike away with the assistance it provides you. Also enabling you to ride hills. Battery placement needs to be considered and whether this will interfere with your ability to attach a kids bike seat.
Type of Riding: E-Cargo bikes are for around town, urban, commute style riding. Often purchased as a replacement for a car.
Read both sections above to understand compatibility.
Front Kids Bike Seats
A Front Kids Bike Seat sits right behind the handlebars so the child is in between your arms. Kids love this as they can see where they are going. This seat provides the best interaction between you and your child as they are right in front of you and you can see what they are doing.
Find out more about attachment: Will a Front Seat fit my Bike?
Rear Mount Seats Carrier and Frame
A rear kids bike seat sits above the rear wheel of your bike attached to a rear carrier (carrier mount) or directly to the frame of your bike (frame mount). Your child will be tucked in right behind you and well protected to enjoy their time on the bike.
Find out more about carrier attachment: Will a Rear Carrier Mount seat bit my bike?
Find out more about frame attachment: Will a Rear Frame Mount seat fit my bike?
Bike Trailers
A kids bike trailer is pulled along behind a E-Bike. This is a great way to carry one or two kids who will be well protected and comfortable.
Find out more about bike trailer attachment: Will a Bike Trailer fit my bike?
E-Bikes/Cargo Bikes: Multiple Kids or Twins
E-Bikes & cargo bikes are the perfect way to take more than one child with you. A great investment for a growing family who wants to commit to regular riding.
Find out more about Riding with Young Twins/Multiple Children
Design Features & Frames
Learn more about the specific E-Bike frame you have and which kids seats/trailers best suit the design.
Step Through Frame
No top tube or what is called a double down
Commonly called Womens frame, urban bike, town bike
Triangle Frame
Horizontal or close to horizontal top tube
Commonly called urban bike, town bike, commute bike
Squashed Triangle Frame
Angled top tube
Commonly called hard tail MTB, front suspension MTB, trail bike
Full Suspension Mountain Bike
Curved top tube
Commonly called full suspension MTB
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