“It gets harder to slow down when you have a passenger,” says Høye. This applies to trailers too, even though they might seem safe enough as they are,” she says. “Kids have to be tightly secured with seatbelts and wear helmets. Taga Family-Cargo Bike Child Seat Sun Hood. Høye wishes to remind adults that whether we opt for bike seats or trailers when transporting kids we mustn’t ignore the essentials. Whats Special about our bikes In developing Taga, we aimed to create the ultimate. The centre of gravity is lowered and the bike manoeuvres better. “The higher the weight is off the ground, the less stability,” explains the TØI researcher.Īn electric powered bike with a low-placed battery can compensate somewhat for this. The child is perched high up and this too decreases the balance. The child and the seat comprise a larger share of the total weight if the cyclist is small and light. “The heavier the cyclist the easier it is to maintain one’s balance with a kid on the rear seat,” explains Høye. A tall man weighing 90kg will not be impacted by the extra weight as much as a woman weighing 50kg. When child seats are used, the mass of the person doing the pedalling is a big factor. But as soon as you get on a road you risk trailers being overlooked because they are so low,” says Høye.Īustralian researchers warned about this danger after investigating the variaties of child passenger transport on bicycles. “Child trailers are very safe if you ride on sidewalks or bike tracks where there are no cars. ScienceNordic’s Norwegian partner forskning.no has previously written that smaller children are the most prone to suffer head injuries in bike accidents.īut Høye is not recommending a trailer in every location. On the other hand, the distance to the asphalt from a child seat structure behind mum or dad is greater. And when they do the child is well protected if they have a helmet and are belted in,” says Høye. “In general, child trailers do not tip over so easily.