Quick Guide to Choose the Best Child Bike Seat
Quick Guide to Choose the Best Child Bike Seat

2021-06-21

Quick Guide to Choose the Best Child Bike Seat

Looking for a child bike seat? Learn how to choose the best safe bike seat to ensure an enjoyable cycling experience for you and your little one.

If you want to cycle with a child whose age is between 9 months to 10 years old, one of the best things you can buy is a child seat for your bike  ideal for the daily commute or for family adventures.

This guide will help you to choose the right cycle child seat and enable your little one to be happy, safe, and comfortable on your bike. But firstl, please make sure your bicycle is compatible with the child bike seats.



Safety is the first and foremost thing you need to consider when looking for the best child bike seat. There are plenty of child seats available out there and finding the right one for your child can be quite overwhelming. To make things easier for you, here are some important tips you need to keep in mind before purchasing one for your child. Not all child bike seats can fit all bicycle types, so knowing which kind of bike seat is appropriate for your ride is a mandatory task. Depending on where you want to ride, the style of bike and the age/weight of your child determine the options you have in terms of a seat types. 


  • Front Seat
  • Rear Seat
  • Safety Tips

So, here is our guide with all the options available:

FRONT BABY SEAT

The front child seats are great for small children, from 9 to 15Kg. In the front seat, they sit between your arms, they have a splending view and are visible to you all the time.



Front bike seats give the child a perfect view of what is coming up, maximizing their enjoyment and exposure to cycling. Although, this may sound likes the child is more exposed to the wind and sun. Unless you can always choose a windscreen, that is also compatible with our front child seats.

There are two mounting options for the baby bicycle seats — head tube mounting system and rear frame mounting system.


Are front mounted bike seats safe?

All our seat range complies with the safety standards and are TÜV and GS Mark approved. When choosing a front mounted child bike seat you can take advantage of being closer to your child, and easily chatting and check-up on her and while riding.

You can check our range of front baby seats here.


Main Benefits:

  • Lightweight baby bike seat
  • Introducing the toddler from early ages to the cycling adventures
  • Compatible to e-bikes up to 25km/h
  • Spare part available for threadless stems
  • Accommodate the use of a helmet, due to the ergonomic shape of the backrest of the seat.
  • All adjustments are designed for one-handed operation so you can easily use the other hand to stabilize the bike with your child in it.
  • Best view of the trail/path ahead
  • Close to the parent

Age suggestion: 9 months - 3 years (up to 15kg – the weight must always be considered the decidable variable) 


How to Install a Front Bike Seat?

1. Head Tube Mounting system 




                                                                                                                        2. rear frame MOUNTING SYSTEM





REAR CHILD BIKE SEAT

In this category, you have four different types of seats to choose, depending on where you want to place the child seat  on the frame or on the carrier.

Usually, the most used chair type, specially because there also designed for older kids . Generally, they have a wraparound design – with comfortable back and side support, leg and feet protection and a harness retention system.

Rear racks fit most bikes, with the exception of dual suspension mountain bikes and high-end road bikes. Rear racks provide great support for the child and allow a full range of motion for the rider (parent). However, besides of their lightweight they can shift the bike’s centre of gravity, they can be quite heavy and shift the bike’s center of gravity, given that the seat is situated so far back on the frame. At worst, they can make the front end of the bike light and difficult to control or even tip. However, if fitted well, they provide an excellent and simple means to commute around with your child.

Are rear child bike seats safe?

All our seat range complies with the safety standards and are TÜV and GS Mark approved.

Rear child bike seats can be mounted to the frame of the bike or to the luggage carrier. All rear seats are bigger than the front-mounted ones and offer more adjustable features so that the carrier can be adjusted according to your kid’s growth.  For example, all our bicycle carriers can be moved backward and forwards into several positions to better fit the size of the child. They also feature proper seat belts that can be easily adjusted according to the kid’s growth and can be easily snapped into different height holes. The footrests are also adjustable so that you can ensure that the feet are securely restrained and that the knee is bended in an ergonomic way.

You will also find in this rear bicycle carriers range seats with the possibility of being reclined.

Unlike front-mounted child seats, the rear child bike seats can carry heavier kids:  maxi seats up to 22kg and junior seats up to 35kg.

Rear-mounted child bike seats are the most common method of riding with kids and babies, and for good reason.  They are affordable, they fit on nearly any bicycle, and they accommodate a wide range of ages.


Main Benefits:

  • Compatible with a wide range of frames bikes and luggage carriers
  • High level of comfort and protection for the toddlers
  • Rider’s pedalling is totally unobstructed
  • Adjustable seat moves backward and forward in several positions for optimal spacing between child and rider
  • Compatible to e-bikes up to 25km/h
  • Accommodate the use of a helmet, due to the ergonomic shape of the backrest of the seat.
  • All adjustments are designed for one-handed operation so you can easily use the other hand to stabilize the bike with your child in it.
  • High level of support for the child

Age suggestion: 9 months - 5 years (up to 22kg * being the weight the decidable variable) )


FRAME MOUNTING SEAT



A Frame Mounting System bicycle seat is a child seat that it´s placed on the frame tube of your bicycle.  This is a good option when your bicycle don´t has a luggage rack and Great for families looking for a SAFE WAY to transport their family, whether the ride is short or long.

This system was developed to be safe, simple, reliable, efficient, and easy-to-use. It only takes a light push of the holder safety button to release the child seat, making it easy to remove and store.

The Frame Mount connection quickly and easily installs on round and oval bike frame tubing.

 

Unfortunately, many bikes are not compatible with frame-mounted seats or has specific frame tube sizes that aren´t compatible with our holders’ specifications, so you can always choose between a Carrier Seat. Id by some reason your bicycle don´t has a luggage carrier you can also purchase it separately and attach a rack to bicycle, and therefore place the carrier seat. So, either one way or another we have a full range to cover your needs.

 

  • This frame mount system is a perfect solution to storage your seat in the end of the day since this tool-free solution will allow you to remove and install the seat in just a couple of seconds.
  • If you acquire a second bracket which allows you to easily transfer the seat between bikes.


This Bicycle Seat must only be mounted to bicycles with the following frame characteristics:

– Tube Shape: Round or Oval

– Tubing Diameter: Ř28 – 40 mm / 1.10 – 1.57 in

– Minimum Seat Tube Length required: Max. 105 mm/ 4.1 in & 80 mm 


This Bicycle Seat must only be mounted to bicycles with wheel diameters of either: 26”, 650B/27.5”, 700C/28”.  

 

We have specific mounting systems for small frames and 29” bicycles.



Rear-mounted child bike seats are the most common method of riding with kids and babies, and for good reason.  They are affordable, they fit on nearly any bicycle, and they accommodate a wide range of ages.


CARRIER MOUNTING SEAT


A Carrier Mounting Seat is mounted on a bike rack over the rear tire. Mounting a rear rack seat to the bike’s carrier is more cost-effective because it does not require a separate purchase of a rack since major bicycle brands integrates it on the original bicycle. A rear carrier child bike seat installed on the bike's rack, minimizes bounce when riding over bumps.


•  Rack Mount connection easily clamps onto a rear bike rack with tool-free installation.

•  Easily adjusted to any rack size: The mount also allows the seat to adhere to either the front or the back of the rack.  While minor, moving the child a couple of inches towards the rider can help to balance out the weight on the bike.

 

This Bicycle Seat must only be mounted to bicycles with racks that:

– Comply with the ISO 11243 standard

– Load Capacity of Rack ≥  27 kg / 59,5 lbs

– Width of Rack: 120 – 175 mm/ 4.72 – 6.89 in

– Tubing Diameter of Rack: Ř10 – 16 mm / 0.39 – 0.63 in

 

This Bicycle Seat must only be mounted to bicycles with wheel diameters of either: 26”, 650B/27.5”, 700C/28” or 29”



child BIKE SEAT for small frames and 29ers 


These bike seats have different characteristics than the rest of our bike seats.

Due to the size of the 29” wheels, or small frames,  a little adjustment is needed to up the height of the chair and allow its use, otherwise the chair would be obstructing your bicycle wheels. So this carriers fits a  special bar, and push up the seat up and backwards – an ideal solution for these kind of bicycles.



Reclining Bike Seat 

Reclining child bike seats let you enjoy your rides and share them with your little one as they lie back and enjoy the ride as you cycle in front. These seats mount on the back of your bike and tip back at a comfortable angle, which will encourage small children to sleep.



When the child falls asleep on a bike ride, you can easily recline the seat for a more comfortable position for the child, while the child is in the seat .  We do a real time mounting vídeowhich you should watch.

Recline the seat up to 20ş in 2 positions without having to remove your child.

The system has been developed so that the adult user has full control, being able to safely unlock, recline, and lock the seat again. The child will not be able to handle the system, thus preventing any possible accidents, ensuring the safety of both direct and indirect users.


safety tips

Bicycle rides with children are amazing to promote the contact of the young ones with the nature, and also to explore your city, see amazing sights combined with the never-ending energy from children, is without a doubt an amazing way to spend the time, however we always need to feel safe while doing it – we are carrying out our most precious cargo!

When we are traveling, we believe that we get the most of that experience when we are not worried neither about our safety nor the quality of the products we use. Safety and quality need to be there, and our work is a reflex of it.

Our goal is to ensure that families we serve got the best on their time using our products. Since taking the kids to school, or simply just enjoying the happiness in commuting. The quality, our work, is always there.

Enjoy your bike ride by being 100% sure that you´ve followed all our instructions given in the user manual and that the child seat is properly secure. If you have any doubts we are always available to help, just contact us so we can help you through the assembly.

Another important point and that we always point out is the need for a helmet, and to never leave the children alone in the bike, it is something we always make sure people understand because of the extra weight in the bike increases the risk of it becoming off balance. 

We hope to have helped clear some doubts, we remind everyone that we are always available to help with any doubt.

Enjoy... They grow up in the blink of an eye and there is nothing better than the time we spend in their company.


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