Wee Ride Deluxe
Weight: 4 kg
Cost: €110
Age range: 1-4
Fitting: requires 20 mm + of Headtube above the toptube to fit.
The heavy, industrial looking fitting bracket gives solid base to the plastic seat with a 5 point harness. On paper, the sliding fitting mount allows you to have your child’s weight in a central position which helps balance the bike’s handling; unfortunately, this makes the knee room non-existent and you have to pedal like an old man with rickets, not very comfortable. The removable face rest is good for longer rides as your child can nod off happily but the seat’s padding, whilst soft to touch, is porous so will stay wet once soaked.
The WeeRide clamps directly onto the headtube, meaning that if you have a modern, zero stack head tube you need to buy an adaptor in order to attach the mounting bar. Fitting the bar is a pain due to the multiple fiddly bolts and takes 10-20 minutes, which limits how much you want use it or swap it between bikes. Overall, the Weeride’s outdated design is better suited to a dedicated older bike and leisure cycling, rather than mountain biking.
Strenghts
– Central weight distribution
– Comfy for sleepy kids
Weaknesses
– Outdated design won’t fit modern bikes without additional adaptor.
– No knee room
– Painfully slow to fit
For more information head to weeride.com
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