Trail-Gator Tow Bar Children's Trailer, Black

I'm sure this works for some people, but it's an incredible hassle to setup and in my opinion isn't worth the frustration. The piece that clamps on to the kid's bike needs to be redesigned.

First the product works as described as long as you take your time putting it together. I'm very mechanically inclined and it took me 3 hrs to put this together. Most of that time was spent trying to keep everything lined up (a bit of a pain in the butt by yourself but do-able). Whatever you do DO NOT USE THEIR TORQUE SPECS!!! I used their torque specs and crushed the seat post on my wife's bike and the front main shaft of my sons bike. Now when my son rides his bike by himself its really hard for him to turn the handlebars. They also state this is a quick connect not really. There is nothing quick about attaching and detaching the two bikes; it's attached with a series of quick connectors (like used for axles and seats however you have to completely unscrew and re-screw the things every time you want to let the kid ride on his own. With that being said I guess its quicker than grabbing to wrenches...but not by much.

This cannot hold bikes steady, my son's bike tilts after every turn. I have tightened the bolts that went around the neck of his bike with a socket wrench, but still the bike tilts, any tighter and it would damage the bike. The design just doesn't work well around a bike that has two parts of the frame welded close together at the neck. The problem is that I haven't had time to take it off last couple of weeks, so can't return the item.

I just finished assemble and tried towing child bicycle only (without child riding). I was able to tow my child bike without any problem. It wasn't very heavy towing on slight uphill. I will try towing with my son (6 years old) on child bike this weekend. As long as he is pedaling, it should be fine going slight uphill, i think. My bicycle seat pole was too skinny (3/4 inch) for Trailgator crump. The instruction said 1 inch is minimum for this product. so I was not supposed to use this product however since I tore all plastic bags and started assembling...I didn't want to return. I ended up using pieces for children bike side attachment that I didn't need for my child bicycle, and it worked. Children bicycle steering holder is not holding steering in place during towing when making turns, so it detaches and front wheel is spinning although it's not big deal because front wheel is in air anyway, but i probably need better adjustment to make it work or maybe just not good enough piece to do that. Overall, it looks like good product. I will know for sure after towing my son on child bike this weekend though.

It is wonderful and everything I was looking for. It's so easy to assemble and I love that I can detach my sons bike and let him ride alone whenever he wants. The only downside that I've found so far, and it has nothing to do with the product, is when my son decides to step on his breaks when I'm not prepared for it. It doesn't stop us completely, but it definitely slows me down. I've recommended this product to all my friends. Everyone on the bike trail with younger children are always commenting on it and asking me where to buy it. It's a great product for the $.