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Topeak BabySeat Child Bike Seat with Aluminum Rack

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Enjoy the optimal stopping power of your disc brake system, and keep your infant secure and comfortable with the Topeak Baby Bike Seat. The only child bike seat on the market offering a full suspension system to absorb road shock and ensure a smooth ride for your child, the Topeak Baby Seat includes a Disc Mount Aluminum Rear Bike Rack so that the bike seat can be mounted easily on bikes with popular disc mounted brake systems. Whether you are navigating city streets, riding trails, or cruising back and forth from the beach or playground, the Topeak Baby Bike Seat offers the most comfortable and secure ride on the market.

The Topeak Baby Bike Seat is designed to cradle small children, up to 40 pounds in a full-body, protective cocoon shell of molded engineered plastic. With a suspension base with two stainless steel springs, and spring barrels, bumps are absorbed by the seat base rather than the baby, keeping him or her comfortable, happy, and injury free. The molded, plastic shell interior is also padded for additional comfort and cushioning. The seat has a 4-way safety harness with a quick-release buckle, an adjustable footrest with safety straps, and a quick-release, padded safety bar. The seat and the rear rack have reflectors for visibility and additional safety on the road.

Easy to use, the Topeak Baby Bike Seat attaches rapidly and securely to the rear Disc Mount Aluminum Rear Bike Rack with locking dual safety latches. The rack is made of solid yet lightweight die-cast aluminum capable of supporting the Baby Seat with a child up to 40 pounds. With the quick latching system, the seat can be easily removed from the bike and switched between bikes with an additional rear bike rack.

Topeak BabySeat Child Bike Seat with Aluminum Rack Features

Disc mounted rear rack made with heavy-duty aluminum
Seat Body made with molded engineered plastic
Seat has four-point harness, adjustable footrests, padded safety bar, full body cocoon, and rear reflector
Seat capacity: 40 pounds, 18 kilograms
Disc mounted rear rack fits frames with discs brakes
Disc mounted rear rack attachment: Braze-On Type
RedLite mount on disc mounted rear rack
Taillight mount on disc mounted rear rack
Seat measures: 20.3 x 15.6 x 37.2 inches (L x W x H) / 51.5 x 39.6 x 94.6 centimeters
Disc Rack measures: 14.2 x 8.9 x 16.3 inches (L x W x H) / 36 x 22.5 x 41.5 centimeters
Seat weighs: 6.5 pounds, 2950 grams
Rack weighs: 3.53 pounds, 1600 grams

What’s in the Box?
Topeak BabySeat Child Bike Seat, Aluminum Disc Mounted Rear Rack

Manufacturer’s Warranty
2-year limited

Topeak BabySeat Child Bike Seat with Aluminum Rack Reviews

Everything I was hoping for in a child seat.
My wife and I wanted a child seat that would work on my mountain bike with disc brakes. This rack/seat combination has worked perfectly! The variety of extension brackets included make this rack simple to install on any frame with the pre-drilled mounting holes. All you need is an allen wrench, a screwdriver and a pair of pliers or small crescent wrench. It will also work on a standard (i.e. caliper brake) frame, so why not buy this one in case you decide to go with a disc brake bike in the future? It’s big enough for our “oversized” toddler to ride in comfort as well. He loves it, we love it, and we would absolutely recommend it to anyone who’s looking for a good child bike seat. It’s difficult to find (we came to Amazon after being told we’d have to special order it at REI and pay $45 more). Great product.

Topeak Baby Bike Seat
I received this about a week ago and last night finally worked up the courage to install it (it was pretty intimidating for someone who doesn’t know much about tools)! I don’t have disc brakes but the disc-mount version works on either type and plus was the same price. Two hours and a trip to the hardware store later, I think the seat is about as secure as it’s gonna get (it feels solid as a rock-very secure and very safe looking). One thing that bothered me though was that the allen wrench needed wasn’t included in the box (luckily my next store neighbor had one). The instructions, to me, could have been a little more helpful, but I finally (I think!) figured it out correctly. (Another thing that is bothering me-I don’t know why it says you need a screwdriver! I never used one…it seems fine but I will definitely get this checked out by my local bike shop before I use it.) The reason for the trip to the hardware store was that the two longer screws needed for one part of the seat weren’t long enough (they were M5 x L25…I bought M5 x L30 and they were perfect). We haven’t tried the seat out yet but it looks super comfortable and safe. Once the initial installation is done, it seems great. (My local bike shop said they would install for $25, but I figured I’d try it myself.) All in all, seems like a great product-I’ll update if I have any problems after our ride today, but my son seemed to love it during our test-sit and looked snug as a bug in there. 4 stars only because of the installation snags I mentioned earlier.

I’ve been using this for about a week now and my son and I absolutely love it. Have had zero problems so far and I am glad that after (much) deliberation on the kind and brand of bike seat to get, I finally decided on this one. A great quality seat, my son is very comfortable and it’s very easy for me to use. Would definitely recommend.

Very happy
Even though my bike doesn’t have a disc breaks I got this model to future proof my investment. It took me about 2 hours to install the seat, bike stand and rear view mirror (which I have purchased separately). The supplied instructions are pretty good and all the supplied parts fit together very well. I have used this seat couple of times so far with very good experience for both, the rider and the passenger. It is easy to put the baby in and out of it. The straps work very well to hold him in the seat. We have not used the foot straps since it seemed uncomfortable to prevent any movement and the way the seat is positioned on the bike and the shape of the foot rests it is hard to put his feet into the wheel. The seat seems to protect the passenger very well and we had a blast with it. I especially like that having him right behind me allows us to talk and share the experience.