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Have to, have to, have to have Pashley Princess Sovereign {have got an addiction)
Am looking at buying one second hand and see that the Pletscher seat is recommended for the rear rack.
Any advice on how people have found it to use, is it easy to get on and off etc
What about the child seat that fits in front of they cyclist, the Weeride Kangaroo?
Any experience of using this type of seat?

No poncey bike fans?......

And I have one now, so need some help with the seats.
Wondering if anyone has ever seen one sold second hand, seem to be NONE on ebay, or whether any-other makes fit on the back?

I am no help at all but am very jealous of your bike. Would love one like that

It is second hand {disclaimer}
But so gorgeous

I ogled them on various websites and ebay last night but none near enough to me to consider at all.

I so want a lovely bike - I have xH's cast off which has a cross bar, the most uncomfortable saddle ever and it doesn't have a nice basket .

Hi, did you have any luck with this? I've seen one pashley child seat for sale on Ebay, but it was miles away. It sold for £50. Does the wee ride fit or does the basket get in the way?!

I looked at one and lusted after it and then realised they are BLOODY heavy. If you want to go up a slight incline, let alone a hill, you'll be knackered! They have no real gears and are truly for swishing along entirely flat canals.

I have to say, I live on an enormous hill so gave in and bought a less sexy trek hybrid and some funky panniers. Very glad of it when lugging three stone of DD along!

Pashley is very pretty though.

i'm very unsure of my facts here, but i have a pashley paramount (i think), it has a co-pilot bike seat on the back for dd2 (possibly), the bike seat came with a rack, and the original rack had to be replaced with the bike-seat one because the bike seat didn't fit on the original.

separately, dp has purchased some kind of child-sits-in-front-of-you bikeseat, and has abandoned it as it did not fit to the curved frame (or possibly the double cross-bar).

on the plus side, i find the bike really easy to ride, and the weight doesn't bother me anywhere near as much as having my entire weight on my arms did when previously riding mountain bikes. and the gears are fine too. but it's not that hilly around here, i am often told. .