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In our daily work as we deal with bicycle safety, technology and user manuals we come across lots of safety risks. The most frequent ones are published in articles of the leading German special-interest magazines TOUR – Europas Rennrad-Magazin Nr. 1, BIKE – Das Mountainbike Magazin Europas Nr. 1 and E-Bike – Das Pedelec-Magazin to make this information important for the sector accessible to a wider public.

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BIKE 09/2002
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Baby on board

Taking your children for a bike ride? BIKE tested some ways to take your little darling on a ride that is fun for everyone.

Seats over the back wheel are said to be safer as they affect ride comfort less than front seats. Most accidents happen, however, when putting the child into and out of the seat! Just for a short moment, you do not pay attention, the bike falls over because of the onesided weight distribution and the child falls on head and back. A stable two-legged kick-stand therefore is a must.

Bike expert Dirk Zedler is very critical when it comes to childrens’ seats: "They can hardly be mounted on today’s mountainbikes. On carriers – only possible with hardtails – the child gets all the bumps unfiltered. Often the clamps squash the thin aluminium tubes or the seat tube is too unstable. Another disadvantage: Children often fall asleep on bike rides and then hang obliquely in their seats." Therefore also Zedler recommends bike trailers.

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