The biggest biking mistake that puts your children's lives at risk

Today, the irony gives way to a sensitive issue that, unfortunately, is still being ignored. We want to talk to you about themost serious cycling mistake that continues to be made and that puts children's lives at risk.

Yes, at the heart of the matter is the safety of the little ones, which is endangered because of the superficiality of adults. And by adults we mean both parents and 'experts' in the field who do not correct certain mistakes.

Don't make this mistake again on your bike!

What mistake is this? Theinstall approved and perfectly suitable child seats on the luggage rack of classic bikesdefinitely not suitable. Let us proceed in order. There are two types of seat: the one that mounts on the seat tube and the one on the rack, i.e. on the back of the bike.

Pictured here is a classic bike. Without perhaps being a super expert on frames and heavyweight bikes, you can easily realise - not least because you have seen so many of them around your city - how minimalist and not designed to carry enormous amounts of weight.

In fact, on the rack of classic bikes, the transport limit ranges from 7 kg (for sturdier ones) to 5 kg. The mistake people make, most often because they are ill-advised, is to devote so much time, and so minutely, to the choosing the best possible seat - that it is equipped with a backrest, footrest, harness, in short, all the accessories that make it suitable - without asking whether the bike you are going to mount it on is the right one.

La classic bike is not the right choice at all. There are bikes created specifically for transport, such as the cargo bikeand others that are lighter, more compact and versatile such as the modulars of which we have many models available on our site. Think the Ahooga Modular 8s which you see below, weighs only 17 kg and is equipped with an approved luggage rack capable of transporting children up to 35 kg, aged 6 to 10 years.

In short, this is a bike on which you can 'sleep soundly' and be sure that taking children by bike is totally safe.

The hope is that our article is only a starting point and that also, and above all, sellers will do their job to the best of their ability and not just aim to make money and sell.

The time has come to bring this issue to light. The time has come to talk about it and emphasise that the bicycle is also a vehicle that must be in order to circulate on the road, as specially reported the regulation of the Highway Codeand not a vehicle to be picked up and used as a 'toy'. Every year, unfortunately, there is an increase in the number of cyclists killed: compared to 2020, in 2021 the growth was +30%.

When you get on your bike make sure everything is in order, even and especially when you want to take your child for a ride with you. Health is not to be trifled with!

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