Want to take your young child on a bike ride but are worried about safety?
Here is a product from a 100 year old company that is designed to make the childs ride safer and more enjoyable. It is called the Kangaroo child’s carrier for bicycles. It was designed by a small family owned company called Kent Bicycles. Their child saftey seat for bicycles is said to be safer than an ordinary childs bicycle seat because of the unique middle of the bike mounting, instead of the usual behind the parent mounting or the more dangerous front handle bar mounting.
In addition it is claimed that the position in front of the parent makes the ride much more interesting for the child because she can see better.
When I worked in Japan I used to take my young daughter out for bike rides at night if she was fussing. She loved the rides and quickly quieted down. We presented quite a spectacle to the Japanese mothers that we rode past. I had our baby strapped to my back in a traditional Japanese baby carrier. It was very unusual to see a man carrying a baby like that. Even more unusual, of course, to see a foreigner riding down the street with a baby on his back.
“Fear is the father of courage and the mother of safety” Henry H. Tweedy
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