Baby Seat 1st Trial Run Success

[edindave]

Today I resurrected my 2003 Edin Bike Coop Cuillin HT that has been neglected in the shed for almost a year.

It now has a recycled Humax Baby Seat fitted, and we had a good wee trial run with it, although short due to the strong winds.

Took a bit of cleaning and degreasing to get some rust off the chain and cassette but these came up nice and shiny and not too much wear on the teeth. I had a good check over the cranks/BB, headset, brakes - all good so it's perfectly roadworthy.

I finally used the work-stand I bought in last summer sale for the first time

. The front derailleur was badly clogged with dirt/grease and needed adjusting. After a lot of faffing and twiddling it is now changing fine, and I even managed to improve the rear indexing a bit so I'm well pleased!

The trickiest part was getting the new helmet adjusted on the wee man, but in a moment of cunning, we realised the best time to do this is while he's asleep!

So after all that - one happy dad! Can't wait to get out and about with the wee man!

 

[Telemark]

So after all that - one happy dad! Can't wait to get out and about with the wee man!

awww ... that's great news! You'll get some "weight training" with the wee passenger on board !

Hope to see you (both?) on a CC Ecosse ride sometime soon, must get round to organising one ...

T

 

[edindave]

You're not kidding T... even without the 1st Class passenger the seat itself is a good few kg.

I'll be building up the miles with him as much as I can this summer.

Defo hope to get him along on a meet - last time he arrived at the RV by car ;0)

 

[Stephenite]

That looks great. I'm looking forward to doing the same but it'll be a few months yet. In fact I was pricing them 2nd hand today - 20 pound and upwards.

Have a great summer!

 

[HLaB]

So after all that - one happy dad! Can't wait to get out and about with the wee man!