Customer Reviews

Beto Standard Baby Bicycle Seat - CCS-003

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I was hesitant to purchase this bike seat as it did not have any reviews but I liked the fact that it had the handle bars for the baby to hold on to and it was reasonably priced for the short time priod she would be able to use it. My baby, Samantha, loved it! The seat was not too difficult to install once we finally identifed the correct Allen wrenches. I would definitely recommend it.

I'm going to give this five stars because the only thing that's wrong with it, can't really be avoided, but can be "adjusted"

The one I have is GIANT brand, which by looking, is the SAME exact thing as this one. take a look at the photo I provided with my kid sitting in it. this particular seat is floating around under several brands. I had the local bike shop install it for me, and it came with a rack, which I like. it's super easy to use, and I don't have an issue taking it off and putting it back on. I know this seat has a weight limit, but to be honest, I go with height and not weight. when my kid looks like he needs an upgrade to a 50 lb seat, I'll upgrade.

The only bad thing I have to say is that when my son falls asleep, his neck droops and his head kind of flops around. it doesn't affect him at all, but it looks a little suspect and people on the street ask, "is he ok?" lol. I am going to try and battle this issue in the future by getting him a neck pillow or something. hopefully that will help. it was cheap, and gets the job done for me. I didn't see the reason for some fancy (and huge) seat. One more thing, the foot straps are pretty useless with the velcro. I tie them around his ankles. Again, not a huge deal.

a few things about me: I'm '5 "2 and I have a road bike with 700c wheels - - so my bike has a medium adult frame. I also have a male bike. the particular bike I have is a GMC denali. the gold and black one. my heels don't hit his feet, and most of the time, unless he's talking to me, I don't even know he's back there (not to say he's light, but it doesn't interfere with my ability to ride as I please). I hope this review was of help to you!

I don't know what the other reviewers are talking about. I purchased this and had the bike shop put it together on my simple 7 beach cruiser and everything is great. My feet don't touch my babies when I pedal, he has plenty of room and is comfortable. I'm 5'11'' and my son is off the charts for height and he's not even two yet. I'm glad he has enough room on this carrier and that my feet don't touch his when I pedal.

Pros: Fit great to my beach cruiser, I like the light grey color, sturdy, easy to use, good quality.

Cons: I'm not a huge fan of the buckle system, you have to loosen it a lot before it goes over their head, then tighten it back up again. It's not hard to do just a little bit of a pain.

I am very unhappy with this seat. I can't say anything to the initial installation because we had our bicycle shop do that, but to take it on and off the rack is a huge pain. the screw is difficult at best, it is hard to tell when it is in or not. We had an incident where the screw came loose after hitting a bump and the seat began to slide backwards off the rack. This was in part an issue brought on by a new seat on the bike which was too long and interfered with the handlebar, but was still very scary. We are buying a new seat tomorrow. The straps are loose and ackward, and yet still don't fit over my daughters helmet. the ankle straps are also loose and useless. mostly they just flap in my rear spokes while my daughter nudges me with her toes.The padding is chinsy, although I do like the shallow compartment beneath. For the extra $[...]bucks (we paid $[...] in the store, huge rip off) we should have gone with the copilot limo ( what we are getting now) better everything, or so we hope.

The seat is fine however, there was no hardware included and the directions were torn in two. Luckily we had enough miscellaneous nuts/bolts in our tool chest to make it work. Our little one is small, so she is very uncomfortable with her helmet on sitting in the seat. She actually is more comfortable without the helmet, because she isn't pushed forward. Once she grows and her head is above the back of the seat, hopefully she will be more comfortable.

I may change my review but as of now, it's confusing as to how to tighten the bottom strap so my kid is practically strangled when tightening the top part. I can't find any instructions on line and all I received was how to put it on the bike but not how to adjust it. It also seems very hard with minimal padding. My baby can't talk yet to complain but at this point, if I had not thrown the box away, I'd probably return it. When my wife rides the bike my her butt is tight up against his handles. He really can't use them but he holds onto the sides of the seat.
I have since pulled the bottom strap down using a bungi cord and drilled a hole behind the seat to attach the other end of the bungi. This helped. The foot straps are awkward as well.
I plan to keep this one since I already paid the money. I have to say though I absolutely love having the ability to ride along with me. Getting exercise is a double dip to quality time.