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Topeak BabySeat II with Rack |  | Brand: Topeak
Category: Sports
List Price: $139.99
Buy New: $130.99
as of 7/31/2010 23:12 MDT details
You Save: $9.00 (6%)
New (9) from $130.99
Seller: I Need Stuff
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 30211
Media: Misc.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 17
Dimensions (in): 34 x 21.5 x 17
MPN: BCT03300/TCS2101
Model: 020/0800
UPC: 768661119249
EAN: 0768661119249
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
 | Baby seat | | | Molded engineering-grade plastic body | | | Adjustable foot rests with straps | | | Roll bar handle | | | 6-point harness system |
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Product Description
The Topeak® BabySeat II with rack creates a virtual cocoon of protection and features a 6-point harness. A suspension system cushions bumps and jolts, and the integrated roll bar provides head protection and doubles as a carrying handle. Adjustable footrests and straps keep small feet away from spinning wheels. The heavy-duty rack features a BabySeat attachment that requires no tools to attach and remove seat from rack.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 7
 You Need This Bike Seat! July 8, 2010
Stroller Snob (Salt Lake City, UT)
My brother-in law has one of these so I was able to see it in action. My husband rode his brother's bike while my two year old daughter test drove the seat, which she loved! We had a bike trailer buggy for two; but my son can ride his own bike so we didn't need such a cumbersome item hogging up space any more. I love that the Topeak BabySeat will attach easily, to the frame with which it came, and doesn't take up any additional space! We went with this bike seat because it has a removable & washable padded liner, safety "cocoon" styling, padded safety bar, shocks, and five point harness. The front attached baby bike seats do not have the safety "cocoon" like the Topeak BabySeat does -this was the main reason why we bought it! This seat is solid, too. When my husband put it on his bike I shook it to see how secure it was -the seat didn't even move! Amazon has the best deals because we saw this same seat with rack attachment at REI for $180!!
Great baby seat! June 17, 2010
Yung-pyau Lew
First, thumbs up to bikesomewhere for responding to my questions and made sure the product arrives within the promised time frame.
I've tried other babyseats but this one is clear winner! The rack is easy to assemble (8 screws total), and once installed, the seat is easy to attach/detach. Couldn't be happier with this purchase.
 monster rides June 4, 2010
gi-lo (orange county, california)
this seat is not ez to install so i took it and my bike to a bike shop to have the professionals install it for me. even the bike mechanic complained that it was not an ez install. i can't say that it's due to my bike or this seat. it's very sturdy and my baby feels very securely strapped in when we go for our rides. my only small gripes would be that the straps on the baby's feet are a little hard to put on; the cross bar is so hard to release that i have broken a few nails trying to pry it open and a few times my feet hit the baby's seat when i pick up my feet off the ground to start pedaling. i guess there's some adjustment on my part not to pick up my feet and push back so far. with that said, i am satisfied with this purchase for it's safety and i love that it has an opening in the back of the baby's head rest when she wears her big helmet so that her head is not is an awkward forward position. good design on this detail. now we are able to go on our monsters rides along the beach for a good distance.
The BEST baby seat May 6, 2010
J. M. Long (Washington)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We researched a lot of baby seats and tried 2 others, and this is the most convenient and comfortable one we know of. First of all, the quick-mounting set up is great because we both like to take our son on our own bikes and then we also have a tandem that we like to ride as a family. Second, the racks mount in the standard way, instead of using dorky little bars and clamps on the seat-stays. Third, the seat itself is much more comfortable for our son because there is room for the helmet without him leaning his head forward. This was well worth the investment for us.
You need dual seat stay mounts! April 10, 2010
John F. Lincoln (Ann Arbor, MI)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Seat is outstanding. CRITICAL to know: Many bikes actually don't have the proper seat stay (tail part of frame) to mount the child seat - here's what you must check on your bike before you buy - or be prepared to get creative - and don't expect help from Topeak or the bike shops because I'm sure they prefer not to hold any liability... The two bars which go from the rear axle of every bike up to the back of the seat post are called the seat stays. (See wikipedia for a diagram on bike parts).
The manual literally reads "The Topeak BabySeat is designed to work on frames with seatstay rack mounts AND threaded dropout eyelets only. Do not use the Topeak BabySeat on frames without these fittings for safety reasons."
Much to my shock, many bikes do not have screw mounting posts on each seat stay and Topeak doesn't point out that BSII requires a bike with these posts. The reason is that the black rack (which serves as the base of the baby seat) has two steal bars which extend from the front of the rack down to the top point of the seat stay and it serves to stabilize and hold stationary the rack and ultimately your baby. (Without them it would just pivot on the screws which connect at the axle) and the whole thing would flip back to the ground.
The problem is, the rods are pre-bent and have pre-drilled holes which are specifically engineered to connect to a dual connection seat stay. My wife's Schwinn Sierra only has the patented Schwinn single point seat stay - not compatible; nor did my Novara (REI) Mnt. Bike, or either of my parent's cruisers. Moreover, we went to the bike shop today and a ton of the bikes on the shelf don't have them. Topeak literally says the child seat will not work or mount on bikes without them (the guy at REI urgently reminded me of this when I asked him about clamping it over the phone..., so what's a desperate father to do? I found a creative, but VERY SAFE fix. I recommend you try to find a bike shop to advise if you really want this seat, but be fore-warned - it very well could not work at all with your bike. As a business person I am shocked the engineers at Topeak designed such an innovative product, but got away with designing it like that - they probably lost a huge portion of the addressable market by that single move. Still, it is a great - innovative seat!
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