Child Bike Seat for My Brompton

I blogged about the IT Chair last May and September and raved about its simple and straightforward design. You see, other than the IT Chair, I do not know of any other commercially-available child bike seat that can be used with the Brompton. I wanted one for my daughter, but I found the product to be very expensive (It's 210 Pounds in the BikeFix website).

And even if I had that kind of money, the IT Chair is not available here in South East Asia. (the seat is manufactured in far away Spain)

So, what's a Filipino dad have to do?

Fortunately, those blog posts caught the attention of one of my cycling buddies and he graciously offered to fabricate a child bike seat, based on the IT Chair, for Bea.  This week, he delivered it to me. (Thanks, Ariel! You're the best!)

And here it is! I call it the Brom-upuan. ('Upuan' is Filipino for chair)

Like the IT Chair, the Brom-upuan is made of stainless steel. There is a bar jutting out of the main frame so that one can install the extra saddle. And then there is a footrest at the bottom end. The only difference is how the Brom-upuan attaches to the bike. Unlike the IT Chair, the Brom-upuan does not have a quick-release clamp for the seat post. It's just a screw on. I put rubber foam under the clamp to protect the seatpost from scratches. I did the same thing with the clamp on the top tube.

So that you can see the difference between the two, I borrowed some pictures of the IT Chair from the Our Man Inside blog (Thank you Mr. Christian Payne!) and place them side by side with photos of the Brom-upuan.

IT Chair on the left. Brom-upuan on the right.

The IT Chair has a quick release clamp. The Brom-upuan just has a clamp with a screw.

Both products have foot rests for the child passenger.

So that's the Brom-upuan. I will test it with Bea and report my findings and observations in my next blog post.