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Our 3 year old is getting towards the attention and comfort limits of his rack mounted seat and given his good balance bike skills combined with pedaling skills on the plastic trike I am thinking that getting him.on a tag along over the next few months would be a good plan.

Looking for views from those who are or have been down this route already on any of....
- whether i am trying too young / what the right start age or ability is
- best kit / value for money
- pitfalls and problems and mistakes to avoid.

Thanks


 
Posted : 09/06/2012 10:18 pm
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2 main differences:
He can't go to sleep - even a little bit.
He MUST hold on.

Make sure he understands. There is nothing worse then finishing a 25 mile ride, only to have to turn around a retrace your steps looking for a missing tag-alonger...


 
Posted : 09/06/2012 10:40 pm
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I think mine was a bit older, 4 at least. Mistake I made was to buy new.... Used a fair amount but not enough really. Got a folding one which was good to put back of car, no gears, sorry cant remember make. Took her off road on a few local trails for training purposes, that was interesting, don't think my little one approved!


 
Posted : 09/06/2012 10:54 pm
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I bought one of these as the hitch is much better than a seat post mounted one and used it from when my son was just 3


 
Posted : 09/06/2012 11:24 pm
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You just need one of these - http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/120897389006?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&adtype=pla


 
Posted : 09/06/2012 11:30 pm
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Cheap bike & a trailgator. They can wobble around solo & get hooked up when tired then.


 
Posted : 10/06/2012 12:03 am
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Saw a dad and daughter with a tag along on GT blue yesterday - shrieks of delight from her and one of the biggest grins I have ever seen


 
Posted : 10/06/2012 7:43 am
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We had two, made by Adams I think. I wouldn't recommend them for the simple reason that the hitch allowed the trailer to flop from side to side, which was extremely disconcerting for me as the engine. It has a strange arrangement with a tapered block for joining to the hitch, which is never tight enough to prevent movement and there's movement in the other parts of the system as well.

On one occasion I was pulling away at a roundabout and I set off less than smoothly, jerking the bike to one side a little. The exaggerated movement of the trailer caught our child by surprise and threw him off in front of a car, which luckily stopped in time.

So in my opinion the first criterion for buying a tag along should be the design of the hitch. The rest doesn't matter as much!


 
Posted : 10/06/2012 7:52 am
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My three year old loves the trailgator and the five year old can get an uplift then unhitch for the flat /downhill


 
Posted : 10/06/2012 9:10 am
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Mine was also older. I bought a second hand tagalong from parsley hay. Only used it on trails as we live near high peak and tissington trails, so road safety not an issue. Did make a difference when he pedalled.

However, now sitting unused - he soon graduated to a bike - and I've lost a critical bit!

I'd look at a trail gator.


 
Posted : 10/06/2012 10:17 am
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Thank you all. Good stuff to.think on and look at.


 
Posted : 10/06/2012 10:31 am
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Posted : 10/06/2012 12:36 pm