Hi!I'm new to the forums, and new to biking with the kidlets. I used to commute to work in the Chicago loop, and used to bike even in the winter in Toronto. So I don't think I'm inexperienced, but biking with the kids is giving me pause. One thing and another, I'm only really trying to haul them around now that they're 5 and 3. I got a trailer, which we all like. But the two boys together are nearly at the weight limit. And while I was convinced of the safety benefits of trailers at first, a couple of near misses by vehicles that saw me but not the trailer, made me reevaluate. I hooked up a Burley Piccolo for the 5yo yesterday, and I was thrown off, literally, more than I expected by his motion. Will I adjust to it pretty quickly, do you think? I was hoping to have the 5yo on the Piccolo and the 3yo in an Ibert. Any thoughts? Advice? Ideas? I'd love to get a cargo bike, but I have to save up. So I'm trying to work with my bike now, which is a Jamis Tangier, btw.



I'm new to the forums, and new to biking with the kidlets. I used to commute to work in the Chicago loop, and used to bike even in the winter in Toronto. So I don't think I'm inexperienced, but biking with the kids is giving me pause. One thing and another, I'm only really trying to haul them around now that they're 5 and 3. I got a trailer, which we all like. But the two boys together are nearly at the weight limit. And while I was convinced of the safety benefits of trailers at first, a couple of near misses by vehicles that saw me but not the trailer, made me reevaluate. I hooked up a Burley Piccolo for the 5yo yesterday, and I was thrown off, literally, more than I expected by his motion. Will I adjust to it pretty quickly, do you think? I was hoping to have the 5yo on the Piccolo and the 3yo in an Ibert. Any thoughts? Advice? Ideas? I'd love to get a cargo bike, but I have to save up. So I'm trying to work with my bike now, which is a Jamis Tangier, btw.
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