Brompton child seat makes perfect sense for bicycle commuters

The Brompton is popular with city commuters because of the way it can be carried on public transport and then quickly folded and stored under a desk, so it is surprising that there is currently only one supplier of child seats for the bicycle.

The SP Brompton Child Seat clamps around the saddle stem and the child’s saddle is supported by a rubber bung sitting on top of the Brompton frame tube. The whole assembly is kept pointing forward by a brace that runs forward to the frame clamp, which is adjustable to suit the slightly different frame lengths.

The child seat can be interchanged with a Brompton luggage carrier block. On a long wheel base model there is enough room to carry a small Brompton bag facing forward in the child carrier position.

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Yannick Read at the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) said: “A bike so well-suited to commuting is, once equipped with a child seat, an excellent candidate for doing the school run.”

The seat is made to order by frame builder Steve Parry and costs £180. Contact London cycle shop Velorution for further details.

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Cycle insurance from the ETA offers a 40 per cent discount for folding bicycles of all kinds. Every policy includes new-for-old replacement and accidental damage (including at race events), third party insurance (in the case of an accident you may need to seek compensation or even deal with a claim by someone else), personal accident cover and if you breakdown, they will even come out and get you.

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