cross-bar seat adaptor

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Jonathan Ives <[email hidden]> writes

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My requirement is somewhat different.

I have a Dawes discovery bike which I regularly use to bike
around my nearby off-road trails (Fleet Pond) . I do not
ride on public roads

My 11 year old son has a bike and we cycle together.
However my 8 year old son gets a bit left out. He is less
keen to learn, possibly due to some inner ear problems from
when he was young. he is a typical 8 year old boy. I do not
want to leave him out, so have experimented with a home
made cross-bar seat made from an old racer saddle.

Sounds uncomfortable to me, both for the child and the rider
with a child of that size on the squeezed between you and
the handlebars, and an old racer saddle sound like some sort
of to torture :-)

Wouldn't a trailer bike where you two your son behind be a
better option? It will also maybe give him a bit more
confidence to progress onto riding his own bike.
--
Chris French, Leeds

At age 8 he's likely to be too big for a seat on your bike
crossbar. Have you thought about a trailer bike? To give you
an idea, see

chycor.co.ukbridge bikeOpen ↗
hire/images/trailer.jpg

Cheers, helen s

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chris French <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

In message
<[email hidden]>, Jonathan
Ives <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

My requirement is somewhat different.

I have a Dawes discovery bike which I regularly use to
bike around my nearby off-road trails (Fleet Pond) . I do
not ride on public roads

My 11 year old son has a bike and we cycle together.
However my 8 year old son gets a bit left out. He is less
keen to learn, possibly due to some inner ear problems
from when he was young. he is a typical 8 year old boy. I
do not want to leave him out, so have experimented with a
home made cross-bar seat made from an old racer saddle.

Sounds uncomfortable to me, both for the child and the
rider with a child of that size on the squeezed between
you and the handlebars, and an old racer saddle sound like
some sort of to torture :-)

Wouldn't a trailer bike where you two your son behind be a
better option? It will also maybe give him a bit more
confidence to progress onto riding his own bike.

Thanks - agreed the trailer looks the better option, but at
8 I think he is rather self conscious of how that looks as
most of his friends ride.

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<[email hidden]>, Jonathan
Ives <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

chris French <[email hidden]> wrote in
message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

In message
<[email hidden]>,
Jonathan Ives <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

My 11 year old son has a bike and we cycle together.
However my 8 year old son gets a bit left out. He is
less keen to learn, possibly due to some inner ear
problems from when he was young. he is a typical 8 year
old boy. I do not want to leave him out, so have
experimented with a home made cross-bar seat made from
an old racer saddle.

Wouldn't a trailer bike where you two your son behind be
a better option? It will also maybe give him a bit more
confidence to progress onto riding his own bike.

Thanks - agreed the trailer looks the better option, but at
8 I think he is rather self conscious of how that looks as
most of his friends ride.

Surely the seat option has the same problem for him?

Or a tandem (childback/kiddiecranks)

Or if balance is the problem, get him a KMX then he will
have all the 'cool' he needs :-)

<http://www.kmxkarts.co.uk/>
--
Chris French, Leeds

Jonathan Ives said:

Hi,

I have read many posts on cross-bar seats versus rear
seats for young children.

My requirement is somewhat different.

I have a Dawes discovery bike which I regularly use to
bike around my nearby off-road trails (Fleet Pond) . I do
not ride on public roads

My 11 year old son has a bike and we cycle together.
However my 8 year old son gets a bit left out. He is less
keen to learn, possibly due to some inner ear problems
from when he was young. he is a typical 8 year old boy. I
do not want to leave him out, so have experimented with a
home made cross-bar seat made from an old racer saddle.
The two problems were :

1) the saddle tilting sideways
2) The saddle slidding backwards down the cross-bar

Q: Does anyone know of any purpose built cross-bar
adaptors for mounting a typical cycle saddle ? i.e not
a complete infant seat

I am aware of the concerns about cross-bar arrangements,
but my son would not ride on a rear seat, he always wears
a helment and these are very safe country cycle paths so I
think this approach is sound.

With a good pedalling style your knees should brush the top
tube, so I can't see how there would be room without
pedalling like a paperboy on a BMX!