not a parent myself... but could/would NEVER see myself letting my kid onto the bike like that.... not on an MTB
I cant guarantee not falling/hurting myself.... why risk having your child there.
if you want the kids to ride with you... stick on the foot paths with a trailer/proper seat with belts, until they are old enough to ride themselves --> progress onto the trails
IMO... its just irresponsible to let your kid saddle the TT and go MTB'ing
edit: great design/intentions... just a bad idea IMO
I can already see issues with people running dropper posts (looks like a bike rack adaptor bar design)
Realistically.. what sort of terrain WOULD you ride with the kid on the bike like that?
let us assume you reach a rock garden (entertain me) I can see issues with the wheels catching the kids foot when fork bottoms out when fork isnt straight.
another thing just occurred to me while looking at the pictures.... how do you steer? looks like handlebar movement is severely limited by the foot support?
Calm down everyone.
I personally won't be hitting up Bovine on Mt Joyce with my son on it, but even on his wee-ride we get out into the local fire trails and single track - as well as a fair bit of local road riding. We even did the Brissie to the Bay 25 on the weekend. He loves it. I don't kid myself that it is idiotproof, but I'm not an idiot about it either. I ride slower and take a lot less risks than when I am on my own.
The biggest problem (on the road) is that drivers don't know there is a kid there, and try and sneak past when they shouldn't - they look across and all of a sudden swerve away.
Dropper seatposts are better than a standard as it is easier to put your foot down in technical parts. The crown of my forks (Fox 29er on a Trek superfly) just knocks the foot peg on the way through - Have a look at how much clearance there is between a frame and fork at full compression.
And personally, I try not to move the steering wheel much past 80°, particularly at speed.
I'm not sure I will be getting one of these now, as the use may be limited - my son is over 2 now, and loves his balance bike to bits so he'll probably be out on that more once the 3mo is on the bike.
The wee-ride is great, not sure it is safer or better just because it has a seatbelt though. My 2yo has reached the design limits (foot size / weight / height) on it already.