- Bike trailer designed for kids between 4 and 9 years old
- Attaches securely to lead bike's seat post for safe riding
- Gives parents full control of steering, speed, and braking
- Adjustable seat and handlebars let trailer grow with child
- 70-pound capacity; lightweight alloy rear wheel; safety flag
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Love to ride with your child in tow? Turn to the InStep Pathfinder bike trailer, which attaches securely to your bike's seat post so your child can tag along. Ideal for kids too old for a behind-the-bike trailer but too young to ride on their own, the Pathfinder is tough yet lightweight, with a stylish frame that works well with any type of lead bike. Simply attach the Pathfinder to your bike's seat post and you'll have full control of the steering, speed, and braking. The trailer also offers an adjustable seat and handlebars, letting it grow with your child. And thanks to the quick attachment mechanism, you'll spend less time getting ready and more time actually riding. Other features include a safety flag and reflectors, a safety pad on the frame, a lightweight alloy rear wheel, and a 70-pound weight capacity. The Pathfinder is recommended for kids between the ages of 4 and 9.
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Attach a Pathfinder to your seat post and empower your kids while teaching them to be better riders. Great for kids too old for a trailer and too young to ride on their own. They can even help you up that hill!
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47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Read this caution first before you order,
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This review is from: InStep Pathfinder Bike Trailer (Sports)
About me: Okay, I looked around in big box stores and checked reviews here and then bought from a seller on Amazon's marketplace. This is my first trailer bike but I have several bikes and am very comfortable working on them.
My experience with this bike is that the bike is decent enough, but all the comments about the most important part - the connection between the trailer bike and the adult bike are correct -- and you should strongly consider purchasing other bikes until the manufacturer fixes the poorly constructed joint. I've called Instep and they are having me mail back the connection join to evaluate it, but what a pain eh? I was hoping to be riding with my daughter by now. Our maiden voyage was scary and dangerous, despite tightening down all bolts between the seat post and bike. Here's specifically what's wrong: there are two critical bolts that are slightly too small for the holes they fit in (horizontal and vertical attachments in the connection piece.) I went to the hardware store and couldn't find the fractionally larger bolt that would solve the problem. Instep seems to have cut the holes too large. the result is that there is a millimeter or so play between the bolt and hole in each case which magnifies any shift of weight on the kid's bike into a frightening jarring, shifting motion. I'll update this if Instep sends back a better connection point. On the phone with them they tried to tell me that I should simply tighten both nuts on these bolts until the unit stops moving in either the side to side or up and down direction. While that might reduce the shifting in the bolt assembly it would remove the purpose of this connection piece, to allow for turns! My lesson so far has been that it would have been good to buy something like this after a test ride, given the concerns posted about this unit. At this point if we end up with one of the more advanced bikes, I'd still want to have a test ride first!
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Terrific product,
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We love this product.
My daughter is almost 4 & she asks to bike ride all the time now. She loves it & so do we. The first time we installed this on my bike we did notice the bike trailer feeling a bit wobbly but my husband readjusted the clamp on the adult bike & it eliminated the problem. while riding you might notice the bike leaning slightly, my experience is it's because my daughter is looking backwards, not because of a malfunction. If you can teach your child to not turn to the back & make sure the clamp is perfectly straight on your seat post, you shouldn't have problems with it being wobbly.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
the position of the child wasn't straight, it was almost tip over,
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This review is from: InStep Pathfinder Bike Trailer (Sports)
I rated 2 stars because the joint from the kid's bike to the parent bike was too lose and the child was almost falling off from the bike. I also contact the company who made this product and they told me that they will send another part that will make the child's bike straight, but I never recived the part. I am very disappointment about because the safety of my kid is first and they didn't help me. I hope that in some future purchase the company can assist me on my needs.
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