Must have gotten two Lemons. After reading the previous reviews, we decided to order two of these for our 4 and 5 year olds. They arrived promptly and were easy to assemble. Problem is… I followed the instructions precisely but when I attached them to our adult bikes, they were both slewed to one side. No matter what I did, I couldn’t get them to sit straight up and down. I changed them around from my bike to my wife’s but neither one worked.
What we wound up doing is sending them back and went to our local Bike Shop and bought 2 Trek trailers. They made sure the trailers fit and worked perfectly with our bikes.
The only saving grace was Amazon… There was absolutely no hassle with returning the merchandise, no questions asked. I have been a steady customer of Amazon for a number of years and this was the first time I had to return something. I wasn’t sure what would happen, but I was pleasantly suprised by the efficiency and quickness of the return process. My account was credited in no time. This type of service will keep me coming back and shopping with them for a long time. Beats driving to the Mall every time!
Great concept, but I got suckered. POSITIVES: Once we got the bike trailer hooked up, WeeRide Co-Pilot Bike works fine – it’s nice not having to worry about where your child is on their own bike – they are attached to you, and cannot run out into traffic unless you do. You are able to take your kids with you, and save on gas. We ride everywhere we can. I have 6 children, and the youngest was the only one who couldn’t go long distances before I got this bike. Now, she goes right along with us, pulls her own weight. She was too big for a trailer, but too small to ride on her own – this is the perfect medium.
NEGATIVES: Keep in mind that when the child riding it moves side to side, you will weave back and forth. I can be riding in a straight line one minute, and the next, I almost hit a parked car because my daughter turned around to see the dog we just passed, and she leaned one way or the other… Usually it’s just a slight weave from side to side though.
If I am coasting, and my daughter pedals too fast, she can actually push me along…not a bad thing unless you have another bicycle right in front of you, and you aren’t expecting the sudden push.
Once you get used to the weaving, it’s OK, it just takes some getting used to.
REAL BAD NEGATIVES: Amazon sent me a sub-standard product. What I received was missing pedals. I was anxious to use the co-pilot, and didn’t want to wait yet again for a shipment to replace the entire product so I would have pedals, so after some frustrations with customer service, I finally was offered a credit so I could go buy pedals. Little did I know at the time that the seat adjustment screw was also missing, which didn’t end up mattering because the seat had to be pounded into place with a hammer, which messed up the bar so the seat didn’t fit right. So, I had to pound that back out so I could get the seat on. Now, the seat will not adjust up or down. Then, when I went to attach it to my bike, I discovered one of the nuts that is finger tightened was chewed up, and had sharp edges.
I bet it was shipped out before, and someone else used it. So I am stuck with a piece of junk looking co-pilot that has pedals that don’t match, the seat won’t adjust, and I have to be careful not to cut myself when I disconnect it off my bike. I would suggest buying this product somewhere else, other than through Amazon.
Unusable!. This arrived at my house with a big hole in the box and missing the instructions, the pedals and the handlebar hardware. So I went through the effort of returning it to Amazon (since they wouldn’t just ship the missing parts to me, no, I had to get an entire replacement. So in the replacement shipment the pedals and instructions were there, but still no hardware to attach the handlebar. So I had to go to my local bike shop and I’m still waiting for them to receive the part, and it’s going to be like $50 for this solution. So now summer’s almost over and my kid has lost interest (at first he was so excited to ride it and now he just doesn’t care). What a piece of garbage!
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