I don't like the child seat on the back of a bicycle especially with a light weight female riding the bicycle. The long tail and front loading cargo bikes are much more stable for hauling children. We started out with two wheeled carts, crank shorteners and a burley Piccolo. I still have the Bongo and the Piccolo. I was going to sell the Tandem a few yeas ago and my adult children made it clear that that was not happening. So now I am reconditioning the tandem and getting ready for the grandson.