Thule RideAlong VS Yepp Maxi 

I NEVER leave RU-vid comments but i'm leaving this in the hopes you get this feedback. This was incredibly helpful and I appreciate you taking the time to shoot this video and for being so thorough. I couldn't find anything that was anywhere close to this helpful online about these two products, let alone bike seats for children in general. Just wanted to say thanks it means a lot!

The definitive compare and contrast video out there. Never have I left absolutely sure with what I wanted to buy. You covered everything in an organized and logical format. Easy to follow, and straight to the needed information we need. WELL DONE!

Fantastic video, thanks so much for posting. We're going to go with the Maxi, or whatever isn't completely sold out.

Thanks for doing this. The 2" clearance on the Yepp's mounting bracket is a good point, but as I will be installing it on a road bike, I don't think it is something I need to worry about. Also, my kid is a bit of a nut, so the 5 point harness with the difficult buckles is a selling point.

The only disappointing thing about this video is I can only give it a thumbs up once!! Thank you so much for taking the time to put together such a comprehensive video together!! I recently got a cheaper brand of baby/toddler bike seat, it's mounting system was similar to the RideAlong and it was unbelievably flimsy and flexy, so much so, I felt like my daughter was at risk of falling out of it when first used it. I'm now looking at the Yepp Maxi, because it seems so much more rigid and stable in the mounting section. I've got a road bike, so should be fine. Thanks again mate, really appreciate this video 🍻

Fantastic video, really helpful and covers everything that the Thule website doesn't! Thanks!

excellent video review dude - thank you very much - great to hear from the parents perspective !

Amazing! Thank you for taking the time to do this. We have been trying to decide which seat to go with for our son and this answered all our questions.

Great video! Was having trouble weighing up the two so this was very helpful!

Thanks for the comparison. I have been using the Thule for 3 years and my only complaint is that there is only one small reflector. Im only looking into different seats now because I have a new bike that is incompatible with the Thule. I thought it could be helpful to share some of the features I think are great on the Thule that I would definitely miss with the Yepp. 1. The small bars holding the seat are designed to flex and greatly reduce the impact your kid feels when you hit a bump. My kid wants me to go as fast as possible on forest trails with my road bike. 2. The arm rests / handles are great. My kid is always using them and the part of the seat below them that is wider is excellent protection for his hands when I lean my bike against a wall and , I could imagine, in the case of a crash. 3. Easily adjustable everything is a must if using the seat with two different sized children. Colin, your right. I cant imagine a bike where you would be able to slide the seat forward. Perhaps this feature is for when the seat is not mounted on the bike to make it a little more compact.

Thanks Colin, very informative video, made up my mind on the RideAlong

I really really like what you did here. very helpful and I thank you so much!

Never owned a child seat, but right off the bat the Yepp seems like a way better seat! Two massive reasons: A) It's much more comfortable with the soft foamy plastic and narrow frame that holds the kid more securely. B) The mounting frame doesn't flex nearly as much and the narrow and much lighter seat makes the bike have better balance and the kid have a smoother ride. It seems like it flexes just enough to absorb bumps on the road. Also the ventilation. Also the fact you can weave a bungie cord trough the holes and strap clothing or groceries on the back of it.

Thank you so much for comparing these 2 bikes! So helpful!

Great informative video, thank you very much for taking the time to shoot it!!

Thank you for taking the time to make this. It's exactly the explanation I was looking for.

I'm sure you've already discovered this, but for your viewers' benefit, the Ridealong foot strap can be set to the correct size then the side can be snapped off/on via the blue tab on the end of it without having to mess with the sizing again.

Very nice, detailed video. I will say the tilt / sliding feature (or convenience of having) might help with multiple kids of different sizes.

Thanks so much! Your video was helpful! It was difficult to compare based on the product descriptions from Thule

Thanks a lot I enjoyed your flic About safety : i will choose the yepp ( that already is safety award winner here in germany) One point is the belt That can easily be opened by a kid in the ridealong ( my 2 years old son is very „ intelligent „ at these things , and the other factor is the 5 vs 3 point fixation. Also , the rigit fixation of the yepp is a good think as i Drive also offroad sometime, as you said.

Thank you very much for making this video! You helped me a lot.

Thank you for creating this video. Super helpful

Thank you so much, this was very helpful! Greetings from Germany 👋

Really great video, after buying a seat that doesn't work for my 29" wheel, this really helped me on clearance concerns

Great review! Thank you for helping make my mind.

This was so helpful! Thanks so much!

Very helpful review, thank you!

Thank you for the video.A huge help!

Thank you for the detailed video!

This is the exact video I needed. Thanks.

Thanks! Extremely helpful content!

Fantastic! I got a yepp maxi on my bike and couldn't fit it in my wife's coz of the tube being too wide for the bracket! Was wondering to go for the yeppmaxi for rack mount or for the ride along, as my wife wont go to trails with our little one will get the ride along based truly on your review. Thanks.

Awesome review! Thank you! getting the yeppi

*update 3 yrs later* The yepp maxi now has the same mount as the ride along. The yepp also has a better magnetic harness. Thanks for the video.

Thank you so much for making my decision hard! Lol 😩

So I have had the Yepp Maxi for 3 years now, first kid I was super happy with it. The second kid has already figured out the two hand harness locks and he is only 2 years 5 months. I am thinking of getting the Thule for our second bike (wife’s e-Mtb) because of the mourning system being more flexible, so giving more “suspension” and the better adjustability with the straps

Really nice and helpful information 👍

Thanks for the video! Very informative!

Great video! Thank you for the info!

Super helpful! Thanks!

Great comparison! ThankU

Brilliant video thank you!!!

One thing I’ve been curious about is if I fall on the bike. The Thule seems like it has more protection for little ones limbs over the Yule. Would you say that’s true? The Thule looks more protective but also that it might be heavier for that reason? Thx!

Hello greetings from Mexico. I appreciate your comparison video. I have a question, which of the two seats do you recommend so that the chair does not rub against the rear tire? my daughter weighs about 18 kg. Thank you

Thank you for posting! I am new to all this. I am looking for a bike and child seat so that I can take my child to daycare. Could you please guide me on what kind or which bike and what other things I need to get to be able to ride my daughter with me. Thank you so much in advance!

Great and so useful !!!🎉

Do you know if it would fit on a hard tail with 29in wheels?

Great video Colin, or shall we say... Paul Rudd!!!

My friend bought one of these Maxi used. Seems the bracket is not compatible with GT bikes such as the Aggressor Pro. The triple triangle forces it to ride very low and rear tire will rub. I can't find a solution to help him out

10/10 review! Thanks

Thanks a lot for video. Which one of these work better fir a bike which already has a rack installed and we dont want to take the rack out

Would the Thule work on a Fat Tire Bike? 4 in wide tires.

Great video, I just bought the Yepp maxi last week, tough decision between this too but i really think the Yepp will last longer and been more durable since it looks much sturdy

hey, im curious, how are the adapters holding up? is it safe enough? i have a child that's 19KG (saw that max weight is 22KG) im just concerned if those adapters (specifically yepp maxi) are strong and durable enough

Thanks for the video! Which seat do you find is safer, in the event of a bike drop or accident?

Hi 👋 great review. Which would you say has less side to side movement?

Are both seats on mountain bikes? Do they have disc brakes? We’ve been having difficulty finding a seat that will fit my mountain bike. I’m only 5’2 so have a very small frame with not much room for attachments without the disc brakes getting in the way. Thanks

Could you please help me out...I moved forward and went with the Thule Yepp Maxi in Orange. The seats look great; install was definitely not the easiest but well worth it on my wife and my bike, so excited to shofar our 2 girls around. The only issue I m having is it is so hard to slide the seat out of the mount and back in. What lubrication do your recommend and is safe to use on the product? I tried calling Thule multiple times no one answers and I just leave voice messages. Thank you in advance for you help.

Which one will fit your child longer? meaning which one adjusts for a larger kid so they won't outgrow it as fast.

I was just wondering about the RideAlong does the mounting bracket interfere with the gear cable on the seat tube. My cable runs down the seat tube to the mech on the front chainring. Thanks in advance.

Hello. My bike has a front gear cable on the seat tube. Will the Thule fit?

Hi! I have a children of 21Kg (46lb) and soon he will weight more, do you think the Yepp Maxi is more strong to carry its weight securely? I try to say, do you think is over strength that other like Ride along because its mount bar instead of thin bars? Thanks! :)

What about the max weight capacity

The harness buckle is a big let down from Thule who normally are the pioneers in safety solutions in car industry and may have to do my own workaround improvment. It's a tough decision and if they combined best features from both products they'd produce the best seat most people would want to have. Unfortunately, it won't happen because of marketing and profits making priorities. I've made a tough choice and bought the RideAlong seat becuase of better vertical frame positioning options (Maxxi's mounting bracket height can be limited by bike's frame thinkness as in this video in particular when you need to mount it higher because of already installed rear racks on a bike) , really nice easy and quick foot straps that are real pain in our brand new Hamax Sleepy (one nipple that holds the rubber strap just broke off possibly becuase we lean the bike against the seat when putting our child in). Other things are the easy straps adjustments which are also a pain in Hamax. Some people may say it's not a problem and you set them once - no, this is not true as we have to adjust them quite frequently whenever we put on or take off a thicker jacket so it's rather frequently used. I'd agree about using less frequently height adjustment for the straps as well as horizontal sliding seat positioning as we set it once and didn't touch it again for a long time. Another nice thing in RideAlong is arms rests and ability to tilt the seat back when our wee one goes to sleep. We use it quite often and rarely keep the seat set on maximum upward position - child's face too close to our butts and another very important reason! Namely in Hamax Sleepy there's a rotating seat forward/backward tilt adjustment large red knob which can cause injury if the child's seat is mouted too close to the rider's seat in particular when maximum back tilt position is set which rises the red know further up closer to riders seat. Basically, when we set our Hamax on maximum backward tilt position a gap beween the rotating tilt adjustment knob and the rider's seat can be about ~0.5-1cm. Now, when riding on uneven surface the child's seat tends to flex/jump up and down so when a child puts their little fingers in this gap it can SQUASH and possibly BREAK FINGERS! I've been always thinking about it while riding and thus avoiding pot holes and bumps becase was too worried it would cause such injury. Thule RideAlong has a much better and safer tilt solution underneath the seat thus leaving more room between the rider's seat and mounted child seat so bear it in mind. I do not know why engineers didn't think about such things and why Thule didn't make an additional buckle safety pin like in Hamax? They have been making these seats for years and should have now been designed to the perfection without such rather silly mistakes. One last thing - lack of universal attachments at the back of most child seats e.g. for extra higher positioned rear lights etc. - why not? I had to use zip ties on Hamax to attach a light - riddiculous! I wish I had the capability to manufacture my own seat that would combine all the best features of all - maybe a kickstart project? Anyone would be interested? Cheers, David ps. go to my website which is my username to contact me directly.

I have a Trek verve 1 disc low step. Would either of these work for my bike

Thank you for this comparison. One last thing you could mention is, which one is more comfortable form the child's perspective? Did your kid try both of them? Which one do they prefer?

Which one is easier to detach? Or uninstall?

very helpful thank you

Would either fit a beach cruiser?

I see a Portuguese flag (at 1:09) I like the video. Haha.

Maxi it is.

thank you!

I have a 15 month year old

Colin - maybe you can help me. that Yepp Maxi compatible with triangle frames gt bikes? i have avalanche comp 2020 years model - and find anyone good child seat for my son. can you send the size of the mount and pipe for this chair? since my avalanche has a narrow triangle and I'm afraid whether the mounts will pass between them or not. Thank you for your time. You are the last one who can help me. This 2020 avanalche is a great bike, but the child mount is very frustrating for me. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-B7wruzn74X0.html (you can see seat triangle system)

thule ridealong is only good for up to age 6

Thank You for the video as far as im conserned ThuleRidealong wins in every way ordereded it just now. And the shoulderstrap height adjusment is a great bonus on the RideAlong cause of how simple it is. We will use it for 2 kids 1 and a 3 year old.