cycling with a toddler.bike seat or tralier?

[cheesesarnie]

dh has finally agreed to me getting one or the other!!!but im only little so need to think of weight.also are they both as safe as each other?i dont like the look of front mounted seats.any advantages/disadvantages to each?

bumping as i am interested too. was giong to get a trailer but would not go on main road. seen one in tescos for £90.

halfords had them for £79 for double.£69 single

ooohh dh just said bil is giving us a chair!but still interested in trailer!.how exciting!we live with lots of windy road so i think our main roads may be safer than windy roads.also very hilly though.

well i am expecting again in october so it has to be mega secure and i thought that since i live in an army camp it would be nice to just do a few circuits for excercise and to get out the house!!

still bumping!!

will look into halfords

congratulations on pregnancy!

thanks, still early days at almost 16 weeks! still feels surreal. my ds will be about 20 months so hoping alot of fresh air will make them sleep!!!

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A to B magazine has got an article this month about cycling with a little baby in a trailer - a converted one from Halfords, I think. We use a Bobike Mini for DS (12 months) which goes on the front handlebars and is lovely. I like having him there where I can see him and he can wave to people and babble. Also I'm really aware of how much he bumps up and down, which I wouldn't be if he was behind me/in a trailer. If you're small though, do think about the practicalities of getting on/off the bike - I'm quite tall, and I still find it tricky managing everything and keeping everything upright.

We have a Burley D'Lite trailer - didn't pay quite that much for it, but it is excellent quality, with suspension, storage, UV cover etc etc

Trailers are fab, but do make cycling much much harder, esp on hills - great exercise though. I reckon mine weighs about 7stone with DD 3.10yrs, DS 13mths, toys, picnic etc - and it's a very lightweight trailer to start with!

I wouldn't use it on proper roads though, we stick to either v v quiet roads or mostly trails.

we have seats, we got a trailer off ebay but DT2 wouldn't go in it - we tried and tried to no avail so resold it, we have hamax sleepy seats, they are really good and last well

thankyou-will look into those suggested