Originally Posted by DieselDan
The shifter models are more of a gimmick. If you are a strong rider, you quickly over power anything the child puts into pedaling a trailercycle. You did assume right, the SS model has a freewheel and no model has a brake, and that is a good thing.
Thanks for confirming. I'll pull him on a commuter style bike. 15mph being being probably top end. Is the trail-a-bike 5th gear a "real" 5th gear? Or a made up kid 5th gear? Meaning, it would be great if I got some kind of benefit from his pedaling...
-gb