Bike riding with the wee one

We plan on spending our day today doing a bit of biking, since in Ottawa, the National Capital Commission has Sunday Bike Days, where the area's parkways are closed to motorized traffic.

As a means of introducing our son to the joys of biking, we bought a WeeRide bike seat (retails for about $80-$90 CAD).



We specifically sought out one of these seats since it means that Jack can ride where Eric can mostly keep an eye on him (as opposed to the regular kid's bike seat where he'd have the lovely view of Eric's back the whole time).




Interesting bit about the WeeRide seat is that it won the Canadian Manning Award for Innovation back in 2002 and was invented by an Ottawa-native.

The downside to the WeeRide is that it doesn't fit on a small-framed bike like I ride (but I have an exceptionally small bike for my 5' tall self). However, even on Eric's mountain-bike it's a tight fit. It also requires a slight alteration to the pedal stroke and cycling position since you have to widen your legs out to accommodate your passenger. Overall though, it's been a really great summer purchase since we can all enjoy a bike ride together! (And it makes for some nice father-son photo ops.)



Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there!