I'd be vary wary about putting a child that young in a trailer at all, let alone worrying about the helmet.
At the shop we can't hire out trailers (or seats for that matter) to be used by children under 12 months due to their skulls not being fully developed and the shaky nature of being on the back of a bike.
I echo the comments about "too young". I've got a Chariot and even with the tyre pressures very low I can see my daughter (nearly 2) getting jiggled around quite a bit even on "smooth" tracks and pavements around the local parks.
I was surprised how much jiggling she gets and run the suspension soft and the tyres as low as I can.
Chariot dont recommend their trailers are used for cycling with babies under 12 months (I haven't double checked but it's about that time frame).
Great bit of kit though.
smurf
controversial but I think this needs to said
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/medical_notes/258072.stm
Don't get me wrong, I'll expose my son to calculated risk; climbing on things, falling off things, cutting himself, falling off his bike but this will be at an age where he can start to learn from actions and reactions. I.e. there is a benefit to be had/learned compared to the exposure to risk.
I wont expose him when he is essentially in such a fragile state. I question are you doing this to show off and for your own self-gain? To err on the side of caution isn't to the detriment of a babies development is it?
Sorry. Its verging on child abuse if you take a child under the age of 1 out on a bike IMO.
What are the odds? Thats the cruicial point. She could get hit by a metorite
You tell me! Although I'd hazard a guess that being run over in a trailer being towed behind a bike is significantly more likely than being hit by a meteorite. Motorists aren't known for being courteous, observant and respectful, are they? They also don't expect a trailer, and the consequences of being nudged are pretty dire.
But anyway - we are very permissive parents and our kid gets far more freedoms to explore and learn/get into mischief than a lot of kids. We don't have cupboard or drawer locks, and we did have stair gates but took them down to clean the carpet and never bothered putting them back up, since she's so good with stairs and also heeds our warnings.
We have a chariot with the suspension and Meg loves it at 16 months old, going to sleep fairly readily in it. I tried riding around on rough grass quite quickly just to see how she'd react - I checked back to find her frowning at me and clinging onto the trailer frame quite tightly 🙂 So I know the limits now.
Chariot dont recommend their trailers are used for cycling with babies under 12 months
That's correct, but bear in mind that's there for the American market and its associated legal requirements. In some states it's explicitly illegal to take kids less than 1 in a trailer.
That's correct, but bear in mind that's there for the American market and its associated legal requirements. In some states it's explicitly illegal to take kids less than 1 in a trailer.
Why do the Yokels over the pond in the UK always assume that the richer, more successful and more powerful country in the world actually has more common sense?
They didn't stumble onto money did they? 🙄
What do you mean? I meant that you have to cover your arse (ass?) absolutely comprehensively in the USA, so the fact that they put that recommendation in the instructions doesn't necessarily mean that they think it's actually unsafe.
