CONTENTS

1. What are the risks associated with prolonged exposure to the sun and cycling?
2. How to protect your child from UV rays while cycling with a baby bike sunshade?
3. The Rainjoy child bike sunshade solution to protect children from the sun while cycling

1.What are the risks associated with prolonged exposure to the sun and cycling?

A bike ride with your child in the back on a baby carrier is often a rewarding and exciting experience. However, a prolonged ride under the blazing sun is not always risk-free for your child who sits almost motionless on their baby bike carrier and under the sun. Indeed, young children must particularly protect themselves from the sun as their skin and eyes are fragile and more sensitive to UV rays, and the damage caused to the still fragile skin of babies accumulates over the years. At birth, a child therefore has a sun capital that decreases depending on their cumulative exposure time to the sun. Prolonged overexposure is thus the main cause of melanomas and carcinomas in adulthood. Sunburns and repeated exposures are strongly advised against, and baby bike sun protection should be used to protect your child from UV rays so they can fully enjoy the good weather while cycling safely.

2. How to protect your child from UV rays while cycling with a baby bike sunshade?

Basic precautions include avoiding as much as possible the overexposure of your child to the sun during the hottest hours between 12 p.m. and 4 p.m., that is when the sun is at its zenith. It is also important to favour the wearing of protective clothing, equip your child with sunglasses and a bicycle helmet with a visor. Moreover, the regular application of sunscreen, on uncovered areas, is strongly recommended. Finally, hydrating your child at regular intervals is also an imperative to consider.

However, it is not always easy, or even possible, to strictly follow all these instructions, due to time constraints or excessive heat that does not always make it practical to wear protective clothing. Sometimes, it’s simply your child who refuses to wear sunglasses or tends to avoid wearing sunscreen!

In the case where you have acquired a cargo bike, you can easily shelter your child in a transport bin equipped with a modular and adjustable covering roof acting as a child bike sunshade to provide them with pleasant shade on sunny days. f, on the other hand, you are transporting your child at the back of your bike on a baby carrier, solutions for sun protection (for example, a baby bike UV protection), are almost non-existent on the market.

3. The Rainjoy child bike sunshade solution to protect against the sun while cycling

Rainjoy specialises in rain protection equipment and now also offers a solution for sun protection with the Bub-up Kids Sun & Rain, a baby bike seat sun and rain protection that offers two-in-one protection against rain and sun. In rain mode, it is a protection that adapts to almost all children’s bike seats (but only those equipped with armrests) and protects 100% of your child’s body against rain. In sun mode, it is an effective UV-treated baby bike sunshade with a UPF (Ultraviolet Protection Factor) equivalent to 40, meaning the protection filters more than 97,5% of solar radiation. Moreover, due to its blue colour, the sunshade also helps to reduce brightness. Finally, an innovative feature of the product, with a flick of the wrist, you can quickly and easily switch from rain mode to sun mode!