How can I take my 6 month old on a bike ride?

RilYnn

I have a Bell Bike Trailer, It has a five point safety harness, and she can hold her head up perfect. My question is is it safe for her to use it yet, and what should i do about a helmet? The smallest I have seen is 3+ years, do they make them smaller? Where can I get one if I need it? All Answers appreciated! THANKS! The back of bike carrier seats are for 12 months and up, but I cant even find a helmet that small, the 3+ is HUGE!

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Please don't take your 6 month old old on a bike ride. Their head is not strong enough to hold upright by them self let alone with with the added weight of a helmet. There are states like NY that make it illegal to have a child under 1 year old in a trailer or on bike seat.

Be patient, they grow up quickly, just be sure you provide the safest means of transportation available..

How can I take my 6 month old on a bike ride?

RilYnn

I have a Bell Bike Trailer, It has a five point safety harness, and she can hold her head up perfect. My question is is it safe for her to use it yet, and what should i do about a helmet? The smallest I have seen is 3+ years, do they make them smaller? Where can I get one if I need it? All Answers appreciated! THANKS!
The babk carriers are for 12mo. and up, but I cant even find a helmet for a 12mo old :(

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I wanted to take my baby out biking, too. But even if a six month old can hold her head up well, it might be really difficult to maintain that with a bike helmet. If she sleeps while riding--and she probably would--her head will tip over and strain her neck as the bike bounces around. If there were an accident, her skull is not fused and her head is still soft in places, so a helmet might not offer as much protection as you might hope. Long story short, it's just not a good idea. They need to be a little older, unfortunately. I hated it, too, but it is probably best to wait. It won't be that long. We probably waiting until age two, which was forever but not really that long. And now my five-year-old has been riding around with me for three and a half years!

I do wish I had a different answer.

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How old were your children/child when you took their stablisers off their bikes?

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sexiebum

I am just wondering as my son is 6 in june and next weekend i am thinking about taking his stablisers off his bike i am a single mum so planning something like this is huge as i have a 4,3, and a 18 day old as well so any tips or advice would be really great i have helmets and shin pads,elbow pads e.t.c but do i take one stabliser off at a time or both e.t.c

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With my first son we took them off at around 7 yrs. I don't think he benefitted from having the stabilisers. They weren't teaching him anything and he was just using the bike like a kind of unstable trike. He learned after we took them off, although it took a while. So with my second son we didn't put the stabilisers back on, and he learned reasonably quickly.

How you approach things with your child depends on whether or not you think he is learning anything from the stabilisers. I have heard of people taking off one stabiliser but I think it's better just to take them both off. The only other thing I can suggest is to get him out on the bike to try as often as possible once you have taken them off, and don't let him give up. Everyone is different in the the time they take to learn to ride a bike but everyone can learn it.

A word of caution for your next two children. Since they are close in age, it may be tempting to get them learning at the same time. While this may be more fun for them, you must remember that the younger one will probably take longer, and must not be allowed to become discouraged if the older one gets there first. That happened to a friend of mine. Her brother, 18 months older, learned while she was still struggling and as soon as he learned, she gave up.

Good luck.

What would be a good starting sport motorcycle?

I am considering buying a sport bike. I have been riding on my friends 250 and getting used to it for the past 6 or 7 months before I could save up enough money to get my own. I would appreciate any advice at all. Thank you for any help.

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A 250 is a good size to start, except it can't cruise at highway speeds. So it depends on how you see yourself riding. If it's just around town, with maybe the occasional weekend ride on back roads, a 250 is fine. But if you want to do 10 miles or more on the freeway you really want at least 500cc and 650 would be better. That's a little bigger/heavier than 250 but not all that much.

250s available in the US are Kawasaki Ninja 250 and Honda CBR 250. Neither of them are real sportbikes, they are 'sporty'. REAL sportbikes are very serious single-purpose machines, not for beginners. Other good trainers (larger) are Suzuki GS500 and SV 650, Kawasaki Ninja 500 and 650, Honda 599, etc.

I'd say you want to start on a used bike because you're likely to be hard on your first bike. All the Japanese mfgrs are very good, a good deal for the money. I think Honda is the best, but I'm prejudiced 'cos I own one.. 8^) A good used one should be around $2500-3000. If you buy carefully, then after six months or a year you can sell this 'old beater' for about what you paid for it, and by then you'll have a much better idea of what you really want.

Be sure to save money in the budget for helmet, jacket, gloves, just as a minimum. Also the MSF course (Motorcycle Safety Foundation) beginner's course is a good idea. They don't teach you to ride, you learn that yourself by riding. They teach you some indispensable safety habits to keep you alive while you learn.

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How can I take my 6 month old on a bike ride?

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RilYnn

I have a Bell Bike Trailer, It has a five point safety harness, and she can hold her head up perfect. My question is is it safe for her to use it yet, and what should i do about a helmet? The smallest I have seen is 3+ years, do they make them smaller? Where can I get one if I need it? All Answers appreciated! THANKS!
The babk carriers are for 12mo. and up, but I cant even find a helmet for a 12mo old :(

Answer
I wanted to take my baby out biking, too. But even if a six month old can hold her head up well, it might be really difficult to maintain that with a bike helmet. If she sleeps while riding--and she probably would--her head will tip over and strain her neck as the bike bounces around. If there were an accident, her skull is not fused and her head is still soft in places, so a helmet might not offer as much protection as you might hope. Long story short, it's just not a good idea. They need to be a little older, unfortunately. I hated it, too, but it is probably best to wait. It won't be that long. We probably waiting until age two, which was forever but not really that long. And now my five-year-old has been riding around with me for three and a half years!

I do wish I had a different answer.

How old were your children/child when you took their stablisers off their bikes?

sexiebum

I am just wondering as my son is 6 in june and next weekend i am thinking about taking his stablisers off his bike i am a single mum so planning something like this is huge as i have a 4,3, and a 18 day old as well so any tips or advice would be really great i have helmets and shin pads,elbow pads e.t.c but do i take one stabliser off at a time or both e.t.c

Answer
With my first son we took them off at around 7 yrs. I don't think he benefitted from having the stabilisers. They weren't teaching him anything and he was just using the bike like a kind of unstable trike. He learned after we took them off, although it took a while. So with my second son we didn't put the stabilisers back on, and he learned reasonably quickly.

How you approach things with your child depends on whether or not you think he is learning anything from the stabilisers. I have heard of people taking off one stabiliser but I think it's better just to take them both off. The only other thing I can suggest is to get him out on the bike to try as often as possible once you have taken them off, and don't let him give up. Everyone is different in the the time they take to learn to ride a bike but everyone can learn it.

A word of caution for your next two children. Since they are close in age, it may be tempting to get them learning at the same time. While this may be more fun for them, you must remember that the younger one will probably take longer, and must not be allowed to become discouraged if the older one gets there first. That happened to a friend of mine. Her brother, 18 months older, learned while she was still struggling and as soon as he learned, she gave up.

Good luck.

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Can anyone recommend a good infant seat for my bike?

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brwneydgrl

I have a Beach cruiser style bike and I am looking for a seat for my 6 month old. Any recommendations?

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A pull behind trailer. The reason for this recommendation is because the trailer will at least stay upright if you fall, and has more space around to protect baby if it does happen to roll over. A bike seat you put on your bike doesn't offer baby any protection if you fall. That said good luck finding a helmet for baby to wear, because even in the trailer s/he should wear one.

At what age did you put your baby in a baby bike seat and take them for a ride?

lilsnob868

How old were they? I researched it on the internet and they recommend them to be one year old. My son is 9 months and sits up well and everything. All i have to do is buy him a bike helmet online. So what age was your baby? thanks
if you fall the baby has a helmet on duh? and he is securely strapped in his bike seat.
is the baby trailer safe? does it securely strap the baby in? does it just lay down or can you sit your baby up?

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I don't have the seat, I have the pull behind trailer. I started using it as soon as I got it, my son was 6 months old. I like and trust the trailer more than I would the seat. If for some reason I should fall, the trailer will remain upright. There's a roll bar in it too, so if it does flip I know he's safe.
*edit* He gets strapped in

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