ourbabygirl
04-17-2009, 06:02 PM
Hi, Everyone!
So I have a gift card to REI that we got as a gift, originally intended to get a bike trailer to use this summer. We bought ourselves new bikes, but I'm wondering if it would be a better use of the REI money to spend it on a BOB Revolution than a Burley. I was thinking we would probably use the jogger stroller (if nothing else, just for walks) more than the bike trailer, and while we can't get a cheaper BOB from REI or elsewhere (they're basically $389.99 everywhere I look), we can get a cheaper bike trailer from Amazon.com or something. We have a Graco stroller from the travel system, but I'm not crazy about the way it works or looks; very bumpy over all the sidewalk spaces, etc., and not great on hills.
I realize that we can also buy a stroller conversion kit for the Burley, but it seems pretty big and cumbersome and I don't know that I would use it for regular strollering around the malls and stuff like I would use a BOB.
I just want to use the money in the best way possible, and take advantage of sales they've got going on. Also, DD is 6 months now, so she won't be 1 year til October, when the biking season is almost over in MN.
Is a Burley worth the money? It looks like people love them, but I'm not sure how much we'd actually use it, and maybe it would be better to get a cheaper Schwinn one or something, and spend the money on a BOB.
I'm hoping to go to REI tomorrow if they have the Friends & Family sale.
Any advice you have would be appreciated :wink2:
TIA!
So I have a gift card to REI that we got as a gift, originally intended to get a bike trailer to use this summer. We bought ourselves new bikes, but I'm wondering if it would be a better use of the REI money to spend it on a BOB Revolution than a Burley. I was thinking we would probably use the jogger stroller (if nothing else, just for walks) more than the bike trailer, and while we can't get a cheaper BOB from REI or elsewhere (they're basically $389.99 everywhere I look), we can get a cheaper bike trailer from Amazon.com or something. We have a Graco stroller from the travel system, but I'm not crazy about the way it works or looks; very bumpy over all the sidewalk spaces, etc., and not great on hills.
I realize that we can also buy a stroller conversion kit for the Burley, but it seems pretty big and cumbersome and I don't know that I would use it for regular strollering around the malls and stuff like I would use a BOB.
I just want to use the money in the best way possible, and take advantage of sales they've got going on. Also, DD is 6 months now, so she won't be 1 year til October, when the biking season is almost over in MN.
Is a Burley worth the money? It looks like people love them, but I'm not sure how much we'd actually use it, and maybe it would be better to get a cheaper Schwinn one or something, and spend the money on a BOB.
I'm hoping to go to REI tomorrow if they have the Friends & Family sale.
Any advice you have would be appreciated :wink2:
TIA!