So, rather than going for a tag-a-long and not having a bike for the little monster when we get to the park, I thought the trail-gator thing sounded like quite a good idea. Do I have anything to worry about?
Trailgators are great. Make sure you do everything up nice and tight, and take a spanner with you on your first trip as you won't have tightened it enough. You need to be confident that your nipper won't brake and / or try to get off at inopportune moments - not fun trying to safely cross a road only to suddenly slow down half way across because Junior doesn;t like going so fast!
Take note of your kid's feelings, some are fine and others will get scared at what you consider to be a slow speed.
When you are riding solo, the towbar does make the back end a little noisy and unweildy, but no great shakes if you're just cruising - just don't go jumping!
Oh yes, the bracket on the seatpost is supposed to be a permanent fitting, so make sure it won't affect other use of the bike
Make sure the bracket that fits to his bike's headtube is damn tight (I used a couple of bits of inner tube underneath it) as it can twist.
My boy was once unceremoniously dumped into the road when this happened! (Luckily it was a very quiet road.)
Otherwise they are great for exactly what you plan 🙂
allow a lot of time to get the set up right - my opinion def not a 5mins in the car park or need to get junior out now number
used both a tag along and a trail-gator and def gives more independence sooner
ps a mirror is handy to check out any shoes off & big toe up nose - look no hands activity
We used two of these in our time.
Advice:
Especially make sure that the brackets are clamped to both bikes as tight as you can possibly get them. ... and them tighten them a bit more!
When you turn in to a tight gap, remember that your effectively a long vehicle. I crashed first time out when daughter hit a barrier. Wife turned to cross small bridge & landed son in burn as she too had turned too early.
Apart from that, they're brilliant!
Cheers for that
antigee- my little beastie has the attention span of a labotomised goldfish so I am wee bit worried that she might get bored and try to get off while we're pootling down the road so a mirror might not be that bad an idea. She's just got the hang of riding without stabilisers so I'm hoping this will us a bit more mobile.
I might have to stick a set of flat peddles on now
Takes me back a few years, just make sure that everything is tight, we put a quick release on the part that clamps on the seat post for ease of removal
Abigale age 3, brought on her riding very quick
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At age 10
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Hope you have as much fun in the future as we have
Tracey