<https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/usedphotosna/45978049_614.jpg> Hey David,
Congrats! We are a 1 car family, but my wife needs to drive all over for work, so I'm usually carless. I don't think he started riding in the trailer until he was 2. It just didn't feel like he was sturdy enough when riding through our pothole-laden streets. We used the stroller and/or CTA a lot, he didn't mind one bit even in the dead of winter. He's 4 now, we've been zipping around all summer in a trail-a-bike with a backrest and short distances in his own bike. My wife was really apprehensive at first. I slammed together a 650b conversion from a Centurion LeMans for her recently, and taking rides all together helped alleviate her fears. I also have no qualms about taking the trail-a-bike on the sidewalk if the street gets too hairy, or even walking it if we have to. We go slow and stay out of everyone's way. I would wait at least until spring to give a trailer or a rack carrier a try. - Fred On Monday, August 24, 2015 at 1:06:36 PM UTC-5, David Banzer wrote: > > I'm sort of carless and rely on bicycles for transportation. My wife owns > a car, so our family is not technically carless, though I rarely use the > car on my own. I average about 10-15 miles a day in commutes, then > recreational riding throughout the week & weekend. > This has been dwindling lately as we had our first child born at the end > of June, and I'll tag along in the car for errands that I normally would've > done by bike. Add in an appendicitis surgery a few weeks ago, and I've been > reliant on my wife to drop me off & pick me up from work, though I should > be back on the bike this week. > My question I suppose then is: > When did you start including an infant/young child into your riding > routine? > How'd you do so... specifically what equipment worked well? > How'd you convince (if you needed to) your partner that it's safe to get > young children involved in cycling? > > My wife proudly joined me on commutes last year before her pregnancy. We > work at the same place so she's been comfortable riding with me along with > her the whole way. So hopefully we'll be getting family rides in as soon as > we can. > > David > Chicago > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
