Afternoon all
It's a long story but after only having a Chariot 2 for a short while, I'm thinking of getting another Chariot buggy / trailer and I'm after opinions on whether to get a single or double.
Pros and cons as I see them are:
Double:
– Room for a second child or a friends. However our daughter is 19 months now, with no brother or sister on the horizon just yet so she will be about 3 years old before she will have a sibling to share it with. We have a few friends with similar aged children and I've got a brother / sister in law with an 2 month old baby, but I don't seem myself riding with them much if at all. It would be useful to have a double for off road walking with my inlaws though
– There is more room for toys / my daughter
– It's possibly more stable as it's got a wider (by 12cm, making a total width of 82cm) wheelbase
– If (when?) we have a second child, I won't need to replace it with a double so that would save a bit
Cons:
– It's wide – whilst storage at home isn't an issue, it needs most of the boot in my car (it won't fit in my wife's boot / car at all). I doubt it will fit through most doors either, making the cycling somewhere and then using it as a buggy inside idea more tricky to pull off. I'd also feel a bit self conscious using it as a buggy when shopping for example as it's a bit OTT in terms of size (we live in London and everywhere seems pretty crowded)
– It's a bit of a challenge to get through width restrictions when cycling etc
– I doubt it would fit on some singletrack / (walking) foot paths
A fairly common approach seems to be to buy a single and then sell it on if / when a double is needed but that's going to cost a bit more.
So, for those of you with a single or a double, how have you found living with it and what age ranges have you had comfortably in a double?
Cheers, smurf