[blparent] question about bike and jogging trailers

[Mary Jo Hartle]

	Hi all,
	Today I was at a play group and a couple of the moms were talking about how they use these tandem trailers for biking and jogging.  The jogging aspect peaked my curiosity.  Apparently these trailers are also made for jogging.  You have to take off the hitch part for the bike and  then pull the trailer yourself by putting the bar in front of you.  It sounds like the reverse aspect of what you do when pushing a jogging stroller only this way, the stroller is behind you.  -- The typical trailer can hold two children, but it's kind of a tight fit.  In any case, I was thinking that this might be a viable option for a blind parent in place of having to pull something behind you all the time, and would still allow for you to use a cane or guide dog as you could push with your waist too.  Maybe I'm not quite envisioning this the right way though.  They are also meant for more recreational use--obviously--and more wide and less closable than a stroller,  so this wouldn't be a solution for maybe your everyday use, but maybe it could have some benefits.  In any case, I was wondering if any of you had seen this before or had any experience with it?  Otherwise, I might take a trip to a sporting goods store sometime in the future to check it out as another option for transporting kids around.  One other note of interest, apparently you can rent them from biking specialtyshops or outdoor rec places too, so this would be a great way to test it out before investing in one.  
Mary Jo Hartle 
-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Peggy
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:55 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] wagon,

Oh too funny, they probably could, it has little cup holders in it, a little 
cheese and um milk party anyone, lol.



-----Original Message----- 
From: Lisamaria
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:07 AM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] wagon,

Wow,

This is the wagon I saw at ToysRUs, I think. I had visions of Erik and Alex 
or Erik and Jean sitting in the wagon and chilling with little bottles of 
milk and little cheese and cracker snacks to snack on.

LM


-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
Behalf Of Peggy
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 7:58 PM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blparent] wagon,

Just wanted you all to know that I bought a wagon with seat belts and cup 
holders and great tires and we used it today for the first time, it worked 
great!!  Thanks for all the advice given on the list about strollers and 
stuff.  If anyone wants more info on the wagon let me know and I’ll find out 
which one we got!!  I work a dog so I had her on my left and the wagon on my 
right/behind me ... turned great, went over bumps great, it even got caught 
in a couple snow banks and we only almost tipped over once!!






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