iBert Safe-T Front Mounted Child Bicycle Seat

This little seat is worth taking the time to review! I looked at every bike seat out there and read every review I could get my hands on before we settled on the iBert. My baby is almost 9 months old and I've had the seat a couple of weeks. She loves it! She is small-average 8-9month size. It fits her. The low back on the seat allows her head to be above it so it doesn't push her helment forward when we are riding. She can reach the lap bar so she has something to hold onto. Super Super easy to install- took like 5 minutes- REALLY. I have a crusier bike, so I didn't have to worry about leg room. I am shorter, and was worried about keeping my balance with her on a bike, and it is barely noticable when she is on it with me. Doesn't affect the balance of the bike at all! She loves it and so do we!! It gives all 5 of us in the family the opportunity to get out on our bikes together. I would buy it again, hands down.

I just got one and tried it out with my 10.5 month old on Saturday. He's about 20lbs and 30-inches tall. I fit the iBert to a Medium Specialized Globe Centrum singlespeed. I bought the iBert mostly based on reviews at Amazon saying that it wouldn't hit my knees.

Installation was easy, but you need about 3/4-inch of steer tube exposed for the bar to attach to. I had just enough. I found that regardless of how tight I clamped the bolts down, the bar is easily moved off center with a little push. During our ride, the seat moved about an inch to the side. It didn't affect the ride, but looked weird to me mostly.

The reviews on Amazon are pretty ecstatic. But as a former bike mechanic, I found the mechanism just "so-so" in terms of stability and design. The thing wobbles once the seat is attached; the interface between the support bar and the seat itself isn't very tight, so there is quite a bit of play, but I don't think it's really noticeable once the child is on the seat.

Since the seat is attached to your steer tube, it does add a little weight to the steering of the bike.

While riding, my knees did hit the sides of the seat, but because the plastic is very smooth, they just slid by and it wasn't very noticeable to me. My wife said I looked funny pedaling, though, so I must have been splaying my knees outward.

The main issue I had was that there is not enough clearance between the back of the seat and my saddle's nose. I could barely squeeze between the two (and I'm considered "thin"). Squeezing in between is necessary to get started pedaling on the bike and it's a little tricky to get started going. I've just ordered a seatpost with a little more setback to see if that gives me another inch to play with. The other thing is that you can't get out of the saddle to climb; you will hit the back of his head and seat.

The seat itself is just a hunk of plastic. Not much to say about it. He had no issues fitting into it, but the straps aren't exactly securing; they were pretty loose no mater how I adjusted them. On the way back from our 14-mile total ride I looked down and his head was all flopped over! He fell asleep! I felt bad for him to have his neck like that and wondered if I should have bought the Kangaroo seat instead which has a built-in rest.

I don't know if there really is a "perfect" seat out there that solves the knee and clearance issues as well as provides a safe and secure ride for the child, but for now the iBert seems just about as good as any of the other options.

My baby girl loves it! I enjoy spending time with her while getting exercise on my bike. I highly recommend this product.

We bought this for my 1 year old and we put it on my husband's bike, since ours bike don't have the usual handle bar stem we just had to raise his bars a bit but it fit perfectly when we did. I was going to put it on my bike but decided to tow our 3 year old daughter in the Schwinn bike trailer (which I'd recommend too). My 1 year old loves being in the seat and my husband loves that she's in front of him and they can "talk". I'd highly recommend this bike seat to anyone!

I bought this childseat with some skeptism because I was always use to the rear childseats growing up. But having your kid in the front lets you look them in the eyes when they lean back and squeel in delight as they go down there first hill on a bike! The bike is sturdier and more balanced with the child in the front as well. The product installs easily, can be transferred between bikes easily, and is of good quality with strong hardware. Make sure to measure your headset stem so that it will fit. I have transferred this unit on three different bikes and have not had a problem. Good product, cool green color and people will all stare at you at first to see such a weird but awesome set up coming at them. Thanks.