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Tagged with child-seat safety
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Will a rack-mounted child seat be safe if the rack's maximum load is 2kg less than the seat manufacturer describes as the minimum load?
The question might sound confusing (my apologies), but here are the specifics.
I have a bike that's fitted with a Racktime rack, which has a maximum load of 25kg.
I also recently got a child seat that'...
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I have a Weeride child seat (mounted on top tube). I worry that if the handlebars turn suddenly, they will hit my child. How can I manage this risk?
I have a Weeride child seat, mounted atop my top tube.
I am concerned that if my handlebars turn abruptly, they will stab my child (please do say if there's a better term for this than stab). How do ...
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Lifespan of a bike child seat
I know that e.g. bike helmets and child car seat expires, but can't find anything about bike child seats.
There is a manufacture date on mine (Dec. 2014) and it's made of polypropylene (there is this ...
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Max weight of child, for rear bike seats - why is it always (seemingly) 22kg?
I had a rear child's bike seat on my old bike (which was stolen, boo hoo). It was a Yepp Maxi and was the kind that sits on a rack, rather than being mounted to the seat post.
The maximum weight ...
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Child sleeping in bike trailer
My husband and I like to take our 3.5 year old daughter for bike rides and she rides in a trailer. But the problem is that she is sitting idly on a calm, mostly smooth ride on a bike path surrounded ...
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Can the iBert safe-T-seat be safely mounted behind the seat post?
I have the iBert front-mounting child seat. I've used it previously attached to my street bike as in the below image, but between the straight bars and the shifter triggers, I had to mount it so low ...
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Baby Transportation Safety Statistics
Is there a resource comparing different safety statistics for transporting babies on bicycles, specifically using different methods?
I'd like to see some information about how safe it is to compare a ...
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Babies on Bakfietsen: How young is too young?
When is it safe to transport a baby on a bakfiets? How does one know when a child is old enough for this?
By "safe" I mean, protecting the child's brain from damage due to road vibration, pothole ...
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Child seat: how to keep the child's head from falling forward?
When my child falls asleep in the child seat, his head falls forward.
How can I keep his head back?
The child seat is a modern type with a back that can be tilted back to prevent that. It works, but ...
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