Child pillion seat.

[slark01]

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The inventor's website.
http://www.stamatakis.de/e-index.htm

For me this would be ideal to take my daughter to pre-school, but i'm too scared to even think about doing it.
So what do you think?

Ste.

[BBadger]

that just doesnt look safe tbh.

[collis]

imho, if a helmet wont fit and the child is not strong enough/tall enough to be on the back then they shouldnt be on the bike.
My rule is they must be able to get on un-assisted and be strong enough to hold on at 60mph (110mph comes with experience and age)

[tactcom7]

Try it with a pack of spuds first or something like that, if it can take the extra weight without slipping or coming off should be safe I reckon.

[ophic]

not a chance. There is no way i'd take a pre-school age kid on a bike, no matter what devices were used. There's no way protective kit would fit properly, and even if it did they're still extremely vulnerable. Having seen the mess made of cars in 20mph shunts, a small kid would fare a lot worse.

and it's probably illegal.

[PsychoCannon]

As far as I'm aware it's legal as long as they can touch the foot pegs?
Amusingly I've not read anything that says the foot pegs have to be attached to the bike so maybe just remove them and tie them to their feet?

[simesb]

that just doesnt look safe tbh.

+1

As with the sentiment of others, I wouldn't take a child on the bike until they could reach the proper pegs and was confident that they knew what to do.

[tactcom7]

There's also nothing saying the pillion has to face forwards funnily enough!

[MisterTommyH]

Wouldn't trust it.

[Bibio]

with today's traffic and nutters.. NFW.

[TamSV]

That seat looks OK to me - I'd use it. I doubt it would pass scrutineering by Mrs T though.

Around town it's no worse than the plastic seats on the back of pushbikes - and those kids have often got no kind of safety gear on. I've seen a couple of cyclists round here with babies in a trailer - inches off the ground. That makes me wince a little TBH.

[hongman]

As far as I'm aware it's legal as long as they can touch the foot pegs?
Amusingly I've not read anything that says the foot pegs have to be attached to the bike so maybe just remove them and tie them to their feet?

LOL

That made me giggle more than it should have :smt040

[Richie]

simply squish you preschool aged child to the front as seen in this photo :0)

http://payvand.com/news/07/dec/Family-on-motorcycle-Herat.jpg

or like this in the middle

http://www.ertra.com/temp/weekly/baby_motorcycle.jpg

but by far the safest way is..

http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_apr2004/BabyBasket.jpg

[hongman]

My daughter fits in my 48L top box.

[fenjer]

It seems like a good idea - but I'm not sure if I'd use it. Like others have said, I'd want small person to be able to get on herself, hold on and have gear that fits.

She is desperate to get out on the bike with me and to go camping, only problem is the camping kit goes normally goes where she'd sit!

[hongman]

It seems like a good idea - but I'm not sure if I'd use it. Like others have said, I'd want small person to be able to get on herself, hold on and have gear that fits.

She is desperate to get out on the bike with me and to go camping, only problem is the camping kit goes normally goes where she'd sit!

So get her to carry it :D

[Speaky69]

If you have an accident on the bike, bike slides down the road, you slide... i assume generally seperatly to the bike! Wouldnt this thing keep child strapped to the bike whilst it slides (and god forbid tumbles??) down the road?

I dont have kids but i wouldnt use it!!

[minimorecambe]

I also wouldnt use it for the above reasons.

You can bail from the bike if needed, the child can't

[-Ralph-]

What a f'ing stupid idea, lets just strap a child to 200kg of metal then propel it down the road at 70mph. I can't believe it took until 10:48pm for someone to mention it. What if the bike somersaults in an accident?

Kids are too fragile anyway, they can't cope with hitting a fence post with as much chance of survival as an adult. I used to think 10 years old, but my niece is getting towards that age now, and looking at the size and strength of her body I've changed my mind, my son will be a teenager (13) before he gets on the back, on a public road, above 30mph.

[Speaky69]

take a look at the manufacturer website, look in photos and then 'privat photos' scroll through and it shows you some of the ****'s that would use this, theres a few kids on the scooters dont even have jackets/gloves on... jsut a helmet and Tee, Worse still there is a teneré or super Teneré on there and the child looks to be wearing a push bike hemet!