Mountain Bike with Your Mini-Me, with Mac Ride Child Seat

Looks cool, but the reduction in standover height makes me more nervous about the safety of the adult rider than the safety of the child. If you’ve got a kid to ride this thing you might be less concerned about preserving your ability to have another kid?

Two thoughts:
1) Man I wish I would have had one of these when my now 8 yr old was small enough to ride! Look at the joy on that kid’s face; it captures the thrill I too enjoy.
2) My other thought is quite polar. I recently broke my face in a MTB accident on my local singletrack and had I been carrying my child…(cringe).

There have been a few similar things on the market over the years, but the differences with this unit are clever. Whether or not it is safe, the video is cool, the cute kid seems to be enjoying it and the ‘bonding’ factor between the two comes off as strong.

Awesome Baby Airbag.

This looks fun, but it doesn’t include a kid. So that’s a whole separate part I’d have to buy?! I’ve seen kids in my LBS, so maybe I could get one there?

Looks like his saddle is not high enough…probably because he could not reach the bar with correct height saddle : kid would be in the way or something…..

Plain stupid and reckless.
We all know what kind of things can happen when you fall MTB.

To all the naysayers talking about wrecking with the kid. Keep in mind that you go at totally different speeds and on different skill-level of trails when you take your kid with you.

Stuff like this is about bonding and getting your kid to love the outdoors as much you do; not about shredding trails and pushing yourself to the limit.

…that said, I still might get the kid a full-face helmet just in case.

Pretty old concept. Seats such as this have been in use in Europe for years. Does look like this version has a better/easier attachment mechanism. As for safety, that’s the responsibility of the parent, not the seat.

“Baby airbags”, funny ’cause I’ve seen two accidents with the trail-a-bike, and hey, isn’t that where the kid rides behind the adult in a position that’s perceived to be safer? Accidents happen. Putting the kid in front of his dad doesn’t magnify the likelihood of accidents. But a good amount of rational thought sapping fear, paranoia and lack of bike handling skills sure will.

Similar designs have been around in EU for decades. Last time I checked they haven’t been outlawed either.

Often when you crash your bars end up having rotated 180 degrees. This can be a relatively low speed slip.

I asked another maker the question re steering limits. No concern it seems.

I would not put my little guy on a bike unless there was a serious steering limiter to prevent the bars from possible crushing his internals.

Interesting idea. I put in a lot of miles with my kids in a wee-ride on the top tube; but they outgrew the seat before being ready for a trail-a-bike (much less ride solo). This would’ve been a good option for taking them along during that transition period. It also appears to cause less knee interference than the seat I used.

I’ve been riding with my almost 3 y.o. son for past 1,5-2 years using Bobike front mounted (on a steerer tube/quill stem tube) child seat and we both absolutely love it – especially downhill – weeeeeee! This will be second winter we ride to preschool almost every weekday together. It’s obviously THE BEST SPENT MONEY on bike parts ever – at least for me. We were even riding some smooth trails in local (Trzebnica, near Wroclaw, Poland, EU) forest. Its such a fantasit idea (a front seat for kid) that i’m going to modify this seat to fit it to top tube of my new 29er with some footrests for Igor. It’s true such seats have been very popular in Europe, especially France i guess, even pree II WW. For people who say it’s not safe – for low speed crashes you are basicly a safe cage for your kid. For high speed – who the f**k gets “gnarly” and “rad” with a kid on a bike, seriously?

I have been using the co-rider child seat extensively for about 3 years (UK made) with two kids on several bikes (full suspension, fatbike, long tail) and we love it.

http://www.co-rider.com

Very good and indestructible. Includes separate handlebar for the kid which is very good. The seat is heavy due to the overbuilt construction though, but better heavy than fragile. It also has a seat belt for the kid which is very good (especially when they fall asleep). Highly recommended if you are going off road with your kid.