Kids seats.

ted1

I've been instructed to get a child seat so I can take the young fellow out when I take his sisters out. Sounds like the mussed wants a quiete glass of wine.
I've spotted these two, does any one have an opinion ? Bar the facts the halfords one is rated to 22kg v 18 for the cycle superstore one.

http://www.cyclesuperstore.ie/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=98355



http://www.halfords.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductMobileDisplay?catalogId=15551&langId=-1&categoryId=212384&productId=258207&storeId=11101

Just not that one is a rear mount and the other is a front mount.

Which is better and safest front or rear mount

Mec-a-nic

ted1 wrote: »

the young fellow

What age is he and are his sisters on their own bikes or on yours too? All bike seats are sized by weight (~age) of the child.

ted1

Mec-a-nic wrote: »

What age is he and are his sisters on their own bikes or on yours too? All bike seats are sized by weight (~age) of the child.

He will be one next month and his sisters are 6 and 4 they are flying around on their own.

CramCycle

Out of the two, the Halfords one, rated for higher weight. As a biased opinion, I would go for a Hamax. Nothing wrong with the two link, I just have used a Hamax and would rate it highly.

randomname2005

CramCycle wrote: »

Out of the two, the Halfords one, rated for higher weight. As a biased opinion, I would go for a Hamax. Nothing wrong with the two link, I just have used a Hamax and would rate it highly.

Have a Hamax Siesta, no problems with it, can be locked and the little one loves it.

Make sure to get two adaptors though, so it can be put on the 'mussed' bike and they can be taken out while you get a quiet glass of beer

martyc5674

+1 for Hamax... try get the siesta/sleepy if you can(the clue is in the name)

You can recline them in it by twisting a Knob so that they can fall asleep without their head falling forward so much.

Marty.

CramCycle

randomname2005 wrote: »

Have a Hamax Siesta, no problems with it, can be locked and the little one loves it.

Make sure to get two adaptors though, so it can be put on the 'mussed' bike and they can be taken out while you get a quiet glass of beer

martyc5674 wrote: »

+1 for Hamax... try get the siesta/sleep if you can(the clue is in the name)

You can recline them in it by twisting a Knob so that they can fall asleep without their head falling forward so much.

Marty.

I have the Siesta as well for this reason, locks, you can tilt it back. Adjustable so you can have it further away from your ass if necessary. My little guy loves it, going through the park I can see his shadow hands waving at people and pointing at things.

Takes a bit of getting used to in terms of looking around. I stopped and turned around alot in the beginning but I can see him over my shoulder now I am used to the balance.

It is also encasing for very small children and you can higher/lower the straps as needed, so even in a fall, there is no real risk there.

NB. I have never fallen with it, nor felt like it would.