Kids tag along bikes

[M-Power]

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What's all this Adams of which you speak?

The Adams are nice, foldable, light alloy, 7gears so they get used to them and well made so should hold its value. Expect to sell it for what I paid or thereabouts, so free use basically. My daughter loves it. Just make sure they don't get too lazy on the hills we are not getting any younger !

 

[Captain Stupido]

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What's all this Adams of which you speak?

The Adams are nice, foldable, light alloy, 7gears so they get used to them and well made so should hold its value. Expect to sell it for what I paid or thereabouts, so free use basically. My daughter loves it. Just make sure they don't get too lazy on the hills we are not getting any younger !

My Adams is steel and single speed. But for £20 I'm not complaining! Haven't used it yet though...

 

[Captain Stupido]

My Adams is steel and single speed. But for £20 I'm not complaining! Haven't used it yet though...

Took it out yesterday. Brilliant! No problems at all and my six year old loved it. Recommended.

 

[ishaw]

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That's effectively what I have but without gears. Not had a chance to take it out yet but the pics of happy kids is an incentive for sure.

 

[M-Power]

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Nothing better than smiling kids :mrgreen:

 

[drcarlos]

We have a tag along and have used it for a number of years for my younger boy, he has now outgrown it and his sister is the one that needs towing around.
It's just a cheap Canyon one from Argos and serves a purpose, however it's heavy and badly built, the addition of bearings in the coupling rather than just a block of drilled aluminium would have made a massive difference for a few pounds more. It's also bulky and as mentioned before surprising hard to store despite being foldable.
My main bugbears with are the poor quality coupling that knocks from side to side (even with the addition of a washer in the coupling to space it out) with this being amplified by the child causing the ride to be akin to giving a drunk a 'backie'!
The second thing is taking it away. If you trek to a campsite the children invariably want to take bikes with them and this means you have to take both childs bike and the tag along, fine if you have a van, not fine if you have a car as the thing can't be put on a bike rack and as mentioned earlier is bulky and awkward to store.
I am going with the trail gator this year and getting rid of the tag along. The child can ride until tired then get a tow, also stowing a straight bar is easier than half a bike.

Carl.

 

[ishaw]

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I know what you mean. Sadly my youngest can't ride until tired as he can't ride at all yet. As soon as he can, I think the trailgaiter style is the way to go, especially if they can be stowed on the bike when not in use.