We didn't own a car for the first 10 years of our marriage. so bicycles, bicycle carts, a Burly Tandem with child cranks and a Burly Piccolo. The Piccolo uses a rack that has the trailer cycle mount on it. I still have the Tandem and the Piccolo. My son had trouble with the grip shifter that came on the Piccolo so I put a thumb shifter on it. He rode the Piccolo until he was 11 and I picked up a 650c road bike for him. My grandson is near one year old.