tag along with existing kids bike?

Kilino9

I saw on the street a kids bike attached to an adult's bike with a sort of a tag along pipe kind of a thing. Does anybody know where to buy it or what it is called

Answer
There are two different types. One is called a Tag A Long that is made to attach to the seat post of an adult bike and the other is a boom type device that lifts the front wheel of the childs bike off the ground. The tag a long is a much better design.

Do a Google seach for.
Tag a Long
Wee Ride
Bike trailer

You can them about anywhere.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Wee-Ride-Co-Pilot-Child-Trainer/9870514

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=tag+along+bike&revid=1634490093&ei=jbHtS563GoaBlAe-lsC0CA&sa=X&oi=revisions_narrow&resnum=4&ct=revision&ved=0CCwQ3gIwAw&fp=e64858094bfd2093

Edit;

Here is the tail gater tow bar.

http://www.trail-gator.com/

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=trail+gator+bicycle+tow+bar&tag=yahhyd-20&index=aps&hvadid=31388808011&ref=pd_sl_1g7qe7nxdd_e

Rigid Bicycle Stand Alternatives?

Oliver K

Im currently involved in a project that needs to support a a standard 24" pedal bicycle while a person rides it (basically a stationary bicycle). The project needs to be designed for excessive side to side loads because little kids are going to ride it and probably not ride it properly. Im looking for other options then rather just mounting supports at both axles, or if anybody has a different idea of how to go about this

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The bike is already designed to take its loads through the axle mounting points, so why not use those?

On another note, if the bike uses a standard size circular cross-section tube, and it's a steel frame (I know, these aren't as common any more), then you can put machinable shaft collars at a couple of points on the frame or even the seat post, and mount those to whatever support structure you dream up. While I was working in a group designing a handcycle that would attach to an existing wheelchair, we did some testing on shaft collars clamped onto the steel tubing that's common in bicycles. We found that any rubber or spacer material that seems like it would help it "grip" decreases the strength a great deal. With a closely matched bare shaft collar on a painted one inch steel tube, we had a 200 pound engineer hanging off of an 8 foot long cheater bar trying to shift the shaft collar- and it didn't budge.

You could probably get the job done safely and effectively with these shaft collars, but something I'd like to emphasize is that when you're throwing weight around, something has to give. If the bike is totally rigid, it will fatigue the rider and seem very unnatural. Any shock or impulse loads that are not taken up in some amount of compliance or damping can add up to very high local stresses- either at your mounting points, are at other points in the bicycle that would have previously had an acceptable factor of safety.

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