Some times I'm lost for words

[Maz]

Maybe daddy wants to be one of these...

 

[Hilldodger]

That's nothing, when I was a lad, my dad used to put me on his shoulders, and climb up a ladder onto scaffolding, whilst carrying a hod of bricks and a shovel full of cement in his teeth.

Yeah, but that was when dads were proper dads.........................

 

[Alan Frame]

http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/11...icid=maing-grid7|uk|dl6|sec1_lnk1&pLid=137316

Made me cringe !

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

It's fine - he's in the cycle lane

 

[ComedyPilot]

I saw this at work earlier, and told colleagues I didn't agree with him being called a cyclist.

To me a cyclist is someone who has a passion for their pastime, devotes hours to it, rides responsibly and treasures their steeds.

I tried to explain the POB angle, but they were having none of it....so thanks to that dickhead, the image of 'cycling' just got worse

 

[Twilkes]

The way I currently cycle I wouldn't be happy with a trailer or tagalong wheel for a child to sit on, but I'm sure I saw one once where the child seat was just in front of the handlebars above the front wheel (may have been a small front-wheeled bike, although probably not a Grifter). I'd be kind of happy with that, as we could both see what was going on, and he/she/it would be physically close to me, and more importantly I could actually see whether he/she/it had tipped over/fallen out/was drinking sneaky beers while I wasn't watching.

Does this kind of thing exist?

I've seen some ridiculous cycling with kids in trailers, and the seats above the rear wheel tend to bounce them around like they're a sack of potatoes.

 

[marshmella]

It wasn't Cyberknight of this parish was it?He lives in Derbyshire, couldn't tell from the pics if that was a Boardman though.

 

[DiddlyDodds]

Shock horror, a cyclist to jumps to an anti motorist assumption!

'Twas the front seat passenger who took the picture

I was just about to wtite the same when i saw your post.

Never takes long on here to go from any topic to lets hate motorists.

 

[Pale Rider]

The child in the pic provided some much needed light coloured clothing on an overcast day, so in that respect the hapless infant was making a positive contribution to road safety.

 

[summerdays]

Pale Rider - you are correct - I bet he didn't get any SMIDSY's that day!

(So now I just need an inflatable child perched on my shoulders to increase my safety - well until everyone starts copying me).

 

[Silver Fox]

People like the individual pictured in that article strike me as the kind who carry small children on their knee in the car. The adult is wearing a seat belt but the child is unsecured, but that's ok because bad things only happen to other people.

 

[snorri]

The child in the pic provided some much needed light coloured clothing on an overcast day, so in that respect the hapless infant was making a positive contribution to road safety.

The child is also keeping a lookout over the right shoulder which can only be good.