First pillion

Well my gf loved our weekend away. She did two 6+ hour pillion rides as well (including her first ever sit on a bike seat!) That's what I call jumping in the deep end

Looks like I'll be fighting to have the bike to myself too!

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

But then (god forbid) you did come off, surely there are heightened chances you land on your child thus causing more damage because you are attached?

Originally Posted by The Guru

Yeah thats what I was thinking

I did think about that one, and I assume the manufacturer will have too. I dont know if it is the case, but were I designing that belt, I'd design the buckle between rider and child to break under a certain strain, so it can cope with the forces involved in normal riding, but breaks during an off.

Whats worse anyway, attached behind you or sliding down the road on thier own? In some circumstances you could crush them, in others you could actually soften an impact for them.

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Whats worse anyway, attached behind you or sliding down the road on thier own? In some circumstances you could crush them, in others you could actually soften an impact for them.

Yeah but with the right gear a child sliding down a road should/will be well protected (assuming no hard objects come in the way....) whereas there is a far greater risk of breaking a kiddie's fragile bones while attached to a full grown fella...

Anyway I feel we digress from the OP, but just my thoughts. I apologise if I've just made parents cringe

Just fatten the kids up. They may break your fall.

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

Yeah but with the right gear a child sliding down a road should/will be well protected (assuming no hard objects come in the way....) whereas there is a far greater risk of breaking a kiddie's fragile bones while attached to a full grown fella...

Anyway I feel we digress from the OP, but just my thoughts. I apologise if I've just made parents cringe

The OP was pretty casual, and it was about pillions, so I wouldn't worry too much. It's an 'evolution' not a derail

I agree, but if you did separate on leaving the bike and the kiddie got killed hitting a lampost, whereas you did not, you'd wish they had stayed close to you and broken a few bones. It's a bad situation whichever way you cut it.

Anyway you spend many more miles upright than sliding down the road we hope, so a bit of extra safety for the kiddie when upright has to be a good thing.

Still haven't decided what age my son will get on the bike, but seeing that little girl at Willingham woods with that strap made me think it may a be a few years before I had initally envisaged.

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

I agree, but if you did separate on leaving the bike and the kiddie got killed hitting a lampost, whereas you did not, you'd wish they had stayed close to you and broken a few bones. It's a bad situation whichever way you cut it.

Anyway you spend many more miles upright than sliding down the road we hope, so a bit of extra safety for the kiddie when upright has to be a good thing.

This is true. Not a risk I'd want to take in the first place though, but that's just me. Who, I hasten to add, has no kids!

(No-one say yet please, I quite like the state my relationship is in at the moment )