Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Xtracycle: DIY Child Seat

My first project was to make a new snapdeck and attach a child seat to it for my eldest. As I spec'd out wood for this project I found the scratch and dent section on Xtracycle's website and scored a scratched and dented snapdeck for half price. Perfect for drilling holes into! 
After dremeling the legs and springs off a Topeak child seat, I attached it to the snapdeck using 5, 1/4" bolts with large washers for stability. Now, when I'm taking the little one to school I put her snapdeck with the seat on and when I'm going to work or running errands I put the regular one on, easy peasie. As a precautionary measure when I have her seat on the xtracycle I strap the bars together in the front and back to make sure they tight and secure against the snapdeck. 

When she's older I will move the seat back for my youngest, put a pad on the snapdeck and add a hadelbar for my oldest.



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4 comments:

  1. reverend dickApril 6, 2012 at 5:09 PM

    Nicely done!

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  2. SaddleAmericanaMay 3, 2012 at 4:56 PM

    I always love seeing bike rigs geared up to haul kids—it means somebody's raising the next generation right! And this is a particularly beautiful set up (seeing how I'm particularly keen on Surlys and Brooks saddles)!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2014 at 2:43 PM

    Is that wood platform anchored to cargo platform or do you attach the car seat /wood base directly to bike frame?
    Thanks Matt

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2014 at 2:50 PM

    Also, did you dremel the metal cargo rack that came with bike seat and leave that Attached to bike seat for increased strength or are 5 bolts thru plastic strong enough?
    Thanks

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