Baby Bike Seats

A baby bike seat is really only ready to be used by your child when they have sufficient neck strength to be able to hold their heads up and wear the safety mandated helmets. So, if you’re considering an infant bike seat for the under 1 year old child, you will need to talk to your Doctor about their neck development. Generally speaking, most toddlers’ neck and shoulder muscles can manage the weight of a helmet and absorb shock from road bumps at about 1 year old.

An infant in an infant bicycle seat mounted on your bike raises the center of gravity of your bike. That will change how the bike handles and cause some instability issues. If the child is quite heavy, that makes an even greater difference when talking about baby bike seats.

Child weight still does not stack up against an adult, so the balance issue with the baby bicycle seat might not be too troublesome. Here’s something you can do if you are uncertain about how the extra added weight will affect your ride. Take a load of books (about equal to your child’s weight) and strap it onto your bike with baby seat mounted and ready to go. Then take the books for a spin. Baby bicycle seats tend to work relatively well with kids that are from 1 to 3 years old. Usually safety concerns address the weight of the child in relation to the child seat, but fact is most kids get too tall for the seat before they get too heavy for it.

Do you want a rear rack mounted seat or a front top bar mounted seat? These are just some of the questions you want to be asking yourself and other experts before you decide what you want to install on your bike. If you take some time and do a thorough search on the Internet, you’re going to find a lot of terrific information that will help you decide on, and ultimately even select a bike seat that will work for you.

The major consideration of course will be the safety of your child as you are riding. At this point you might also want to think about what would work for you, a bike seat as opposed to a bike trailer. There’s lots of information to read, but it will be well worth it for you and your child in the long run.

Since your young child might enjoy playing bike games with her own dolls and toys, you may want to consider checking out the Baby Born bike seat. Created just for little ones for carting their dolls about on their small tricycles or bikes with learning wheels, this sturdy carrier will make your little princess feel like one of the grown ups.