Thule Chariot Cross 2 Review: Adventuring Is a Walk in the Park

I’m a big hiker and emotion the outdoors. Before my hubby and I had our firstborn 7 months ago, we regularly road-tripped to nationalist parks—Yellowstone, Zion, you sanction it. Needless to say, I’m beyond excited to get retired and astir with the babe this summer.

In my day-to-day, my babe and I instrumentality walks astir the vicinity successful a stroller/car-seat combo (see our usher to The Best Strollers). There are a batch of perks to it, but it’s not precisely the smoothest ride. As we rotation implicit pebbles and sidewalk cracks, the interaction sends my babe’s chubby cheeks bouncing. That’s wherefore I’ve been loving the Thule Chariot Cross 2.

Built to grip the outdoors, Thule’s sturdy and businesslike Swedish plan makes for a creaseless ride, nary substance what benignant of crushed you’re on. But it’s not conscionable for walking. With the elemental insertion of a hitch arm, the Chariot hooks up to your motorcycle and becomes a smooth-wheelin’ buggy. I couldn’t judge however airy and casual to navigate the Cross 2 was arsenic a stroller and motorcycle trailer. For progressive families similar mine, the Cross 2 makes escapade much accessible and manageable.

Note: You tin acquisition the Cross 2 successful a jogging bundle oregon with an add-on cross-country skis kit. Kansas City isn’t precisely renowned for its cross-country skis trails, and I similar biking to jogging, truthful I tested the Cross 2 by walking and biking.

Strolling and Off-Roading

You tin inactive bargain the archetypal Chariot Cross, but the Cross 2 incorporates user-friendly upgrades, including an updated cargo bag, improved folding hinge mechanism, caller hitch attachment with one-handed operation, and an easier modulation betwixt motorcycle and stroller.

It took maine astir 15 to 20 minutes to acceptable up the Cross 2. Because Thule is simply a Swedish company, astir of the instructions were fixed successful the signifier of pictures, which tin consciousness a small vague. It’s manageable, nonetheless.

Right away, arsenic I strolled astir my neighborhood, I was impressed with however casual the Cross 2 was to maneuver, contempt being reasonably ample and bulky different (just implicit 3 feet successful tallness and width). It has an aerodynamic plan that allows for plentifulness of legroom for the kiddo, and it’s outfitted with 2 20-inch backmost wheels that are sturdy capable to navigate unsmooth terrain. The 2 beforehand wheels are smaller, astir 8 inches successful diameter, and with the tug of a lever tin beryllium flipped up erstwhile transitioning to motorcycle mode. (I dive much into motorcycle mode below.) As I went for a locomotion with the babe successful my older neighborhood, cracked sidewalks and awkward bumps successful the roadworthy were abruptly manageable with the Thule. I rapidly recovered myself off-roading astatine parks and done fields.