Originally Posted by
rumrunn6
I see a lot of these in our area
I used a double trailer (kids are only separated by a year and a half) a LOT when kids were younger. If I had it to do over again, I might go long-tail or cargo bike - but the cost of entry is a lot, and I didn't have as much extra $$ 10 years ago as I do now.
We did a trailer and then Burley Kazoo with hook-ups for both my wife's bike and mine - she'd go to work early, I'd get them ready & drop them off, then she'd be back in time to pick them up.
Keep an eye on spokes and such, but those bikes were designed to be used for hucking around without suspension, you are putting less force on them than their peak design, but a fairly high continuous load.
Worst case, if you have a lot of problems build a wheelset with really good rims & triple-butted spokes.