Oh blast it... Single pushchairs that actually work with a buggy board

[InNeedOfAKickUpTheArse]

I know buggy boards are the work of the devil but... DS is a tall and heavy 3.5 and won't go in a pushchair anymore. DD is 9mo and needs I want her to have something comfy. I've sold our double (a much loved Nipper 360). Have tried a buggy board on our old M&P Pliko but it plays hell with my back and makes it a pig to manoeuvre. So DS is using the footplate instead. It kind of works except when DD needs to sleep, as the recline prevents DS from getting on.

Just went to Kiddicare today to buy a Nipper 360 single/BJCM/Sidewalk but when you put the buggy board on it's dangerous (very tip-py) and DS is so tall none of the single handlebar pushchairs seem to work with a board.

So... is there a buggy out there that either has a footplate we can use safely or that actually works with a buggy board? My main criteria are:

1. Must allow DS to stand straight
2. Need to be able to recline DD at least so she can sleep (doesn't need to be totally flat)
3. Mustn't cause bloody awful backache (I don't even have a bad back normally!)

And in a perfect world it'd be parent-facing... BTW DH and I are similar heights (I'm 5'5" and he's 5'7").

mountain buggy free rider

mountainbuggy.com/free-rider-buggy-board-and-scooter#_find_connector

says connectors for other pushchairs coming very soon!

I didn't get on with the Freerider. It's wobbly as a buggy board, and even attached to one side I knew I was bending to push. The Freerider as a scooter is heavy and difficult to steer.

That's a shame - good concept, just need major improvement I guess!

that should have read 'I also FOUND that...' Sorry - typing on phone.

Blackcurrants I'd try to go somewhere to try it and some others out - I was totally expecting it to be fine but I couldn't make it work for us. Maybe I was being dense (but the ladies at Kiddicare were also flummoxed). Also DS is big (over 104cm at 3.5 yrs) but he still can't walk for hours without needing an occasional rest. BTW he was 2yrs and 9mo when DD arrived and though I really tried to do without, I found even with my bloody awful buggy board, I still needed a double pushchair for a while. I do quite a lot of walking, though, and he does get worn out and whingey so your little one might be much much better!

Ihate the bit I really didn't get was that if you reclined the seat in the buggy, it would bump into the older child - so they'd have to have their bum stuck out and be crouching under/hanging out behind the handlebar. Not the comfiest!

Erg. It seems like the handlebar/ head thing is going to be a problem on any of the babyjogger city series. I really love the easy fold and one-handlebar thingy, i'm not willing to give that up! Bah! Bah I say! Bah!

Ooh, lots of cross posts - soz. No stockists of Mutsy within an hour's drive (we're in the back end of nowhere) but have found an Oyster place that I'll persuade DH I need to go to at the weekend.

Blackcurrants the BJ Versa (like the select but just a single version) is due out in about July and I think that would probably work better as you could have the baby facing you, the older one on a buggy board and they could probably get in between the seat unit and the handlebar. I can't wait for that, unfortunately. [Impatient emoticon]

I have seen someone but their bug wheeled board on the front of the pushchair and the toddler sat on it cross legged - seemed to work for them.

Perhaps you'd just be better off with a phil and ted so he can jump in and out of the jump seat?

I think the joovy caboose ultralight sit and stand might be the best way forward for us. has anyone got this? do they like it?

I need He definitely does get worn out and whingey, though he loves to walk he doesn't like being in the push chair much - he wants to roam endlessly, picking up bits of crap and rubbish nature's bounty and making me carry it!

We currently live somewhere with very bad pavements and I push the citimini across quite a lot of grass at the local park. however we're hoping to move somewhere else before DC2 arrives at Christmas, and it might be that we end up being more of a car/pavement family for a while, which would mean that we might not want a double so much as a single plus toddler seat. I do like the idea of a seat rather than a board as I think DS is more likely to stay sitting if he can look up at me and witter on endlessly, with a board he might just get bored and jump off!

This is a fabulously helpful thread. Now to find $200 for the Joovy... good job I've got a while to save up! And I was being all smuggity smugpants about not needing any stuff for this baby! BAH!

Tiggy linked me to this page for it

I tried the BJCM with biggy board today and couldn't for the life of me see how you would get up and down kerbs safely. Also there was no way of clipping it up against the pushchair when not in use.

I'm shocked by how much of a problem this is turning out to be.

DD will be 2.8 when DC2 is born. I want something that works with a carrycot and buggyboard, and will last as a pushchair until DC2 is old enough to walk everywhere. The carrycot needs to be comfortable - the BJCM looks like a flipping holdall, and the whole set up just looks wrong attached to the body of the pushchair.

Anyone tried the Quinny Buzz with a buggyboard, particularly with the carrycot attachment in place?

This is what I have, on a b agile with carrycot. Which is okay but I suspect not the best combination. You have to adjust your walk but I don't really find it uncomfortable and it's much less of an adjustment than constantly chasing a toddler. Something with a telescopic handle would almost certainly work better, the board itself is great for shorter distances.

I really liked the Joovy Ultralight. It has a really padded front seat for the little one with a good recline. The rear seat slides back and forth (you can tether it) to suit the position of the eldest / whether they are on the board or not, and for access to the basket. We had sooooo much fun with our Joovy and my DD still asks for her "green pushchair". The only downsides are that it feels a bit trolley like to push, but you get used to that; the hood is a through / open one so not much shelter in winter from cold winds; the fold is long and flat; when you go up a kerb, you have to remember your eldest is rear facing and not tilt the pushchair too quickly and caterpult them into your lap!!!

Micralite toro with the micralite board and the handle extensions. We love ours.

thanks for the insight into the Joovy, Tiggy - DH thinks the wheels are too small for our crappy crappy pavements (Seriously, for all the jokes we make in the UK about tripping and suing the council, the pavements here are complete hazards. Because every homeowner on the street is responsible for the 5-6 metres of pavement in front of their house, and so some let it go completely to shit. But that's another grumble!)

That leaves the Phil & Teds with a jump seat, I think. Bloody hellfire, they're expensive. And I'm not seeing them any cheaper on ebay, either. Urgh!