Child bike seat usage when approaching max weight I've been reviewing some of the options for commuting your kid around (bike seat, trailers, mid tails, long tails, etc) and am having a hard time determining the best option.   My daughter is 45lbs and is at or approaching the limit of most bike seats.   Is the easy option of a bike seat the way to go?  Or will commuting a kid at the max weight of a seat be too cumbersome (and short term)?   Are the other options a better choice here? 

Note I don't currently own a bike so all choices will involve a purchase of some kind...
Even if you decide to buy the seat now, presumably there'd be an issue as she grows? And by the sounds of things, it won't be long before she passes the upper limit. 

So I'd look at other options, which as I see it, are:

a trailer



one of those things where they're sitting on their own saddle, over their own wheel, but are actually being towed by you



or last, get her her own bike. From experience, this one has pros and cons. The obvious pro is to get them cycling as soon as possible, the con is that until they become pretty proficient, they ride mightily slowly!

While I was googling, I also came across this article which might help (and this is where the pics came from).