Topeak Babyseat Ii With Rack

Topeak Babyseat Ii With Rack

The Topeak® BabySeat™ II with rack brings about a virtual cocoon of shelter and features a 6-point harness. A suspension system cushions bumps and jolts, and the integrated roll bar provides head shelter and doubles as a carrying handle. Adjustable footrests and straps keep little feet away from spinning wheels. The heavy-duty rack features a BabySeat™ attachment that requires no tools to attach and remove seat from rack.

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Topeak Babyseat Ii With Rack Photo

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42 of 42 humans found the following review helpful.
You need dual seat stay mounts!
By John F. Lincoln
Seat is outstanding. CRITICAL to know: Many bikes actually don’t have the proper seat stay (tail percentage of frame) to mount the child seat – here’s what you will have to check on your bike before you buy – or be prepared to get originative – and don’t suppose 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 each bike up to the back of the seat post are called the seat stays. (See wikipedia for a diagram on bike parts).

The manual in a literal sense 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, galore 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 at last 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 in a literal sense 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 in regards to clamping it over the phone…, so what’s a desperate father to do? I found a creative, but VERY SAFE fix. I commend you try to find a bike shop to advise if you genuinely 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 in all likelihood lost a big percentage of the addressable market by that single move. Still, it is a great – innovative seat!

8 of 8 humans found the following review helpful.
Pricey but good
By C. Treppeda
If it cost $40 less, I would rate it 5 stars. It was easy to install and adjust to the size of my three year old and one and one half year old. Both get “antsy” on trips in their car seats but love the Topeaks on extended bike excursions. I question the usefulness of the “suspension” as I’m unable to see any give when I put all my weight on it. I will commend these to others but look hard to find a good price and be prepared to take a heap of time getting employed to handling your bike with a much dissimilar weight distribution.

6 of 6 humans found the following review helpful.
Tough to put together but solid when done
By A. Unger
It’s a solid product, directions are tough, discouraging and hindering and took hours to get it right but once you get it together, it’s magnificent and safe.

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