At the beginning of the school year, I rode my 4 year old in a child seat on a semi-regular basis to his Pre-K. As the snowbirds came down, the traffic increased enough that I wasn't comfortable doing it anymore unless my auto won't work. I've thought about walking him to school but as he gets more headstrong, I'm almost afraid that he will escape and try to do it himself. He has also outgrown the child seat that I had on the bike.
My boys (4 year old and 6 year old) were regularly riding 14-20 mile rides in the trailer with me pulling, but they are getting too big to ride together. DH and I just got new bikes and we are considering purchasing a half-bike tow behind for the 6 year old. He rides pretty well but just can't keep up with us on his 16 inch tires. He doesn't seem quite big enough for a 20" yet. We rented one of the tow behind bikes on Monday and he did awesome on a 14 mile ride. (We are poor though so its hard to break with the money - I think we will though).
We live in Florida so most of our rides aren't too hilly. I did head over to where they do the Hilly Hundred and didn't get too far when I was pulling both of them in the trailer. Most of the time, it isn't too bad though.
They both seem to enjoy it most of the time (until they start getting in the space of the other one).



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