Das Material schwer, wie ein Damenrad von 1960, der Preis übertrieben und Schäden an den Rädern müssen in Kauf genommen werden. If your bike has a different axle (like a through-axle or solid spindle, for example), then you’ll have to purchase a corresponding adapter. Select the hollow axle option if the front wheel of your child's bike is secured by either allen key bolts or a quick-release skewer. I wanted a setup that seats both kids upright, where they can see and participate in the bicycle ride. You don’t need additional grief from the back end bobbing and weaving around, but also it can be unnerving for the small person hanging on.

For Early Rider, Islabike or Woom child bicycles, you will mostly need the Skewer for front wheels with hollow spindle or the Wheel stubs for hollow front hub with M6 thread . Fahre mit meinem 3,5 Jahre alten Sohn jetzt Touren > 1 Stunde ohne Probleme, dafür mit jeder Menge Spaß.If your bike has wheel nuts, a hub gear, or a thru-axle, you can still install the FollowMe but you will need to request the appropriate adapter kit. I spent weeks trying to find a product that I could use for my 6 year old while also using an infant seat on the back of my bike. Riding a tandem like this creates tons of lateral forces and moments on each component involved, and the “bulkiness” of the design allows for a very rigid connection between the two bikes. The initial installation takes a bit of work: replacement of the axle nuts or quick release skewers is needed on both bikes, a bracket placed onto the bike’s down-tube and the frame adjusted to the size of the child’s bike.

Sometimes we’re underwhelmed, sometimes we’re just “whelmed”, and other times we’re pretty impressed. The bike is then wheeled into place so that the front wheel goes into the FollowMe frame, touches the stop and the spindle extensions lock into place. I would say however that it helps to be quite a strong and confident cyclist – and to have a child who is willing to add some leg power. But now the bigger one is on her own 12-inch wheeled bike and there's a new little one who will be in the weeride at some point, and the FollowMe seems like the most "elegant" way to get everyone on-board. We had an hour and a half between packing our eldest off to swimming lessons and setting off for a family lunch.Let’s talk about what it is, what it does, how it works, if it’s worth your hard-earned cash and, most, importantly, if it is a safe gadget for YOUR next family bike tour.

It would be good if the FollowMe Tandem extended a bit further away from the wheel to accommodate mudguards. The FollowMe Tandem Coupling attaches a parent's bike to a child's, creating a tandem bicycle in which three wheels are on the ground. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Attached to the seat post (or a rack) of the adult bike with a telescoping arm, any movements made by the child cause both the child and adult to wobble. The additional weight on the back, although evident, did not feel particularly taxing and actually made the back end feel more planted on the road.

Thankfully Chris was on hand to demonstrate how to hook the child’s bike to the FollowMe, which wasn’t as complicated as the instructions made out.