My bike, and how to make it mine and carry toddler/groceries?

[Irulan]

Just curious: Is there any evidence about the safety of various bike seats? I agree with jdubble that in urban traffic a trailer would feel much less secure to me than a top-tube mounted seat like the one Irulan showed.

In 15+ years of various assorted bike/web discussion ( starting with usenet that's how old I am) I would say that rear mounted seats really get the thumbs down for instability and backweighting of the bike, and front mounts like the wee ride get the thumbs up. Plus, I have done IRL both ways.

[hebe]

Thanks again for the replies. I'm going to read all the reviews I can find. I'll be offline for a few days now, but will update this thread later.