Actually, many city bikes here come standard with an adult-sized passenger seat in lieu of a rear rack, with motorcycle style foot pegs brazed onto the chainstays (See my wife's old bike on cyclofiend: http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2011/cc830-gernothuber0711.html
They also sell baby bike seats made out of rattan here. I have never seen more than 2 people on a bike here (ourselves excluded), though I have seen up to 5 on a scooter. And yes, if they wear miniskirts, they ride side saddle, which makes fitting 3-4 people even more of a challenge (I have never seen more than 4 adults on a scooter; the family of 5 I saw on a scooter involved 3 kids). We ride 4-up on our tandem, and on our scooter. The scooter has a folding child seat in front of the main seat, and the infant goes in a chest-mounted baby carrier. Gernot On Saturday, February 2, 2013 11:52:17 PM UTC+7, Allan in Portland wrote: > > Nice, but aren't the locals going to look at you funny? I thought kids in > Thailand just rode side-saddle where ever they can fit. > > -Allan > > On Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:52:34 AM UTC-8, Earl Grey wrote: >> >> The main purpose of this bike will be as my wife's daily short-distance >> commuter and one or two child hauler (we don't have a car). My Sam and our >> tandem are also outfitted with two child seat mounts now that #2 is 7 >> months old and ready to be a biker. >> >> I still need to attach and connect the wired taillight, and connect the >> front light. >> >> Partial parts list for those who care; this was yet another cheap and >> dirty build using a variety of new, used, and NOS items: >> >> B&M Lumotec IQ Cyo R headlight (on VO bracket) >> >> B&M Seculite Plus taillight >> >> Shimano D3-N80 generator hub >> >> 2013 Shimano LX rear hub for its nice polished finish >> >> Velocity Synergy rims, Wheelsmith double butted spokes, wheels built by >> yours truly, Grand Bois Lierre (650Bx38mm) tires (was worried about >> clearance with Hetres. The Lierres look and feel great) >> >> (Okay. So I did splurge on the lights and the wheels.) >> >> VO fluted 700C fenders (had them lying around. Pretty easy to bend down >> to 650B, and longer to boot) >> >> 1990 LX derailer (parts bin; from my Fisher) >> >> ca. 1993 DX front derailer (NOS) >> >> Sugino compact double crank (40x26) >> >> Shimano Ultegra cassette (12-27; parts bin) >> >> Stronglight bottom bracket >> >> VO pedals (will be swapped with GripKings) >> >> Hebie 605 "Royal Mail" two-legged kickstand (rated to 60kg! rock-solid, >> super heavy; this is the kickstand to get if you are going to mount two >> child seats) >> >> Used, cheapish and shortish Nitto stem (the square black thing is a child >> seat mount) >> >> Used "X-Mission" townie handlebars (thanks Paul) >> >> Sunrace friction shifters >> >> Shimano brakelevers >> >> Tektro 559 brakes >> >> Bontrager grips >> >> Ritchey seatpost (26.8mm!) >> >> Brooks B17S, will be swapped for a B17 Women's >> >> Nitto Mark's rack >> >> Wald basket >> >> Bobike Maxi (rear) and Mini + (front) child seats >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
