Topeak BabySeat with Rack - TCS2101

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Price: $141.00    

Product Feature

• Seat w/Rack
• Suspension system between seat and rack helps shield child from bumps and jolts
• New wrap-around design with integrated roll bar for added protection
• Comes with non-disc rack, fits children up to 40 lbs

Product Description

Why leave your toddler at home on your next bike ride? Now with the Topeak Baby Seat 2 you can ride your bicycle with your child. The baby seat features an innovative suspension system, quick secure rack mount, and fully adjustable seating and harness system to make it the best in the business! The rear rack is Quick track compatible with all Topeak MTX trunk bags and rear basket for a multi purpose base rack. The tubular aluminum rack is disc brake compatible and its solid design also acts as a rear fender.Safety Features: Adjustable Foot Rests with Straps, Roll Bar Handle, Six Point Harness System, Full Body Cocoon, and a Rear Reflector..Suspension: Dual Steel Spring..Capacity: 22 kgs / 48.5 lbs..Weight: 3130 g / 6.9 lbs (Seat) 630 g / 1.38 lbs (Disc Rack).

Topeak BabySeat with Rack - TCS2101 Review

Seat is outstanding. CRITICAL to know: Many bikes actually don't have the proper seat stay (tail part of frame) to mount the child seat - here's what you must check on your bike before you buy - or be prepared to get creative - and don't expect help from Topeak or the bike shops because I'm sure they prefer not to hold any liability... The two bars which go from the rear axle of every bike up to the back of the seat post are called the seat stays. (See wikipedia for a diagram on bike parts).

The manual literally reads "The Topeak BabySeat is designed to work on frames with seatstay rack mounts AND threaded dropout eyelets only. Do not use the Topeak BabySeat on frames without these fittings for safety reasons."

Much to my shock, many bikes do not have screw mounting posts on each seat stay and Topeak doesn't point out that BSII requires a bike with these posts. The reason is that the black rack (which serves as the base of the baby seat) has two steal bars which extend from the front of the rack down to the top point of the seat stay and it serves to stabilize and hold stationary the rack and ultimately your baby. (Without them it would just pivot on the screws which connect at the axle) and the whole thing would flip back to the ground.

The problem is, the rods are pre-bent and have pre-drilled holes which are specifically engineered to connect to a dual connection seat stay. My wife's Schwinn Sierra only has the patented Schwinn single point seat stay - not compatible; nor did my Novara (REI) Mnt. Bike, or either of my parent's cruisers. Moreover, we went to the bike shop today and a ton of the bikes on the shelf don't have them. Topeak literally says the child seat will not work or mount on bikes without them (the guy at REI urgently reminded me of this when I asked him about clamping it over the phone..., so what's a desperate father to do? I found a creative, but VERY SAFE fix. I recommend you try to find a bike shop to advise if you really want this seat, but be fore-warned - it very well could not work at all with your bike. As a business person I am shocked the engineers at Topeak designed such an innovative product, but got away with designing it like that - they probably lost a huge portion of the addressable market by that single move. Still, it is a great - innovative seat!

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