CoPilot Taxi Bicycle Child Seat

by CoPilot

Product Features

• Comfortable bike seat for one child (up to 40 pounds)
• High seat design and safety bar for maximum protection
• Cel-filled, washable seat padding
• Comes with bike rack featuring quick-release system
• One-year warranty

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Treat your child to spin around your neighborhood or a trek through the city by bike with this CoPilot Taxi bicycle seat. This comfortable seat holds a child (up to 40 pounds) securely with a high seat-back design, quick-release grab bar, and three-point harness. The gel-filled, washable seat padding makes it comfortable for long rides. It comes with the Blackburn EX-1 bike rack, which fits securely on most bikes and offers a quick-release mounting system that makes it easy to swap the seat between bikes with the addition of a second rack. Once the rack is attached, the seat can be installed or removed in less than 30 seconds.

Product Description

The 2006 CoPilot Taxi offers a safe, secure and convenient way to carry kids. Plush, washable padding and rugged construction promise to keep Moms, Dads, and kids happy for many miles. The Taxi also includes a strong, lightweight tubular aluminum Blackburn EX-1 rack that doesn't weigh your bike down, and a secure, quick release mounting system that makes it easy to swap the seat between bikes with the addition of a second rack.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 29.5 x 16.5 x 13.5 inches ; 8.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 8.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000G22QHW
• Item model number: 2231502002
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,075 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #73 in Sports & Outdoors > Bikes & Accessories > Kids' Bikes & Accessories > Kids' Accessories

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Content with this product, April 10, 2007

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Bruce_in_LA "reader_in_LA" (los angeles, ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CoPilot Taxi Bicycle Child Seat (Sports)

We had one of these of unknown age and it broke when the bike toppled over - to much leverage on the plastic. We liked it enough to replace it, and now we have the "rack" on both Mom and Dad's bikes and one seat. I've used both front-mounted and rear-mounted seats and neither is ideal - it's a little awkward and wobbly one way, versus the other. But biking with the child is still wonderful. This doesn't hold that big a child, our girl is four, petite, about 30 lbs, and her legs are down at the bottom of the "holsters" for her feet. I think this is a good model, the price is good, and it gives you a "rack" you can use with a bungie cord for carrying this or that instead of the child seat. Easy to mount on and off.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good seat for the price, August 21, 2008

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Software Guy (Framingham, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CoPilot Taxi Bicycle Child Seat (Sports)

First the rack. It is light and sturdy. I did have one problem when installing it though. The extenders that connect the rack to the bike frame weren't long enough for my bike (with 700c wheels). Luckily I purchased the seat from a local bike shop and they were able to give me longer extenders. Handling this problem via the mail or UPS would have been annoying. I don't doubt that the extenders would fit well on a more standard 26 inch wheel, though.

The actual seat is great. My son (14 months) likes it so much that every time I lift up the bar to take him out he pulls it back down. The seat is a little difficult to get on and off, but I think that is a good thing. If it were any easier, I would worry about it falling off. As it is, it feels very sturdy and secure when you get it on.

I find the velcro straps on the foot wells awkward to use, but very useful. The slight hassle of getting them secured more than makes up for avoiding the game of "let's kick daddy in the butt for half an hour."

The only real problem that I had is that there is no built-in place to attach a rear light for riding in poor light conditions. I solved that by placing a nylon zip tie through the shoulder strap holes that we're not using, which also provides a nice carrying handle.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice child seat, October 15, 2007

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D. Carver (Tallahassee FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CoPilot Taxi Bicycle Child Seat (Sports)

Our son (18 mos) loves this child seat -- he cries whenever we take him out of it! I love it because it fastens on and off in a snap but is very secure when attached. The rack was a pain to mount, but I attribute that to my bike more than the rack. It's a pretty standard rack. The child seat is not noticeably top heavy and I don't feel at all unstable with it loaded. I suspect a child actually leans with you a bit as you ride, so it's not like having a lot of dead weight flopping around back there. The seat is easy to load my son into and take him out of. The Y-straps across the shoulders and chest and crotch hold him securely; velcro stirrup straps hold his feet into the little footwells (and keep them out of my brake calipers.) There is a bar that comes down across his lap and snaps into place, like the bar on a carnival ride. I suspect it's more for crash protection than to keep him in place, though. It's padded in case his little head should ever (God forbid) smack into into it. We're going to get some additional racks to mount this seat on our other bicycles as well.