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I have an Aipas Ebike and want a trailer for my child, but I am not sure they are compatible?

Anyone have experience with this and recommendations or products or modifications needed?

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[–] JoshuaFalken 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It occurs to me that you might do well with a simple seat on that rear rack, instead of a trailer. A couple with three young children in my circle have one on each of their bikes, and they go all over the place like that.

Regarding a single track trailer. Your wheels appear to be 20" which is typical for foldable bikes like that. My road bike wheels are 26-27" or so, and the single track connection clears it with ease. I'm sure, even with your rack, you'd have no trouble with a single track connection to the seat post. Main thing to think about would be when approaching a gradient change - assuming your seat tube is lower than mine - to go at it on an angle so the trailer doesn't bottom out. I've taken mine on some light trails and have never had a problem though.

I don't have any experience with hub drive bikes, but if you were to go with a chariot type trailer, the connection bracket could be installed on the spindle, might just need to make that smaller hole big enough to accommodate your axle.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This has been incredibly helpful, thank you. I might just get a seat on the rear rack for now until I can gauge how much she enjoys it, I didn't realize how comparably affordable they are.

[–] JoshuaFalken 1 points 1 week ago

Happy to help.

I should have mentioned a slightly different option of rack seating is basically to install a cushion, some rails, and running board to keep the little legs from flopping around.

The rails are kind of hard to search online for because they get called a lot of different things. I found this one by Surly, and this other one by Yuba.

That couple I mentioned before have a set of these on the one bike they take two of their children on. I don't think they have running boards on their bike, but I've seen other people use them and think they're a good idea. Here's a post I found from some guy that made his own for a few bucks.

Benefit of the rails over the specific child seat is the rails still help hold cargo for when you need it.

Keep in mind, this whole kid on a rack option will change your centre of gravity, and starting, stopping, and slow maneuvers in general will feel a bit different.

Hope it works out!