I didn't use a dog attachment, i just use a regular leash. She is accustomed to walking next to me so it was easy to ride with her. Good luck!

Great thread, I tried biking with Mac before but the fear of him crossing in front of the bike keeps crossing my mind (I trapped the retractable leash on the handle), I had to go slow to make sure he is in the clear and it wasn't a comfortable ride. I may rig up an elbow attachment with PVC pipes and see if that works better.

@poltergeist the basket I used in the front is from Trixie and the one I have now is the large wicker basket from Basil. I can fit a bag in too and a blanket if needed and Juni actually sits better if it's a tighter space. The brands are German and Dutch so I'm not sure if you can find them in your country.

Our Yuka likes to run besides the bike, almost daily, sometimes twice a day.
We do like 3 to 6 km (2 to 4 miles) a day.

It is an extra responsibility: you not only have your own life to watch out for, but also that of the dog, and the others on the roads.

This is what we do:
His leach should never be too loose around his neck. He should not be able to pull out. At all. I use two fingers as spacers and strap the leach as tight as I can.
We watch traffic and roads and dog vigorously, all the time, but keep a relaxed attitude and confident route.
As soon as we see the dog does not know what way to go: we explain. We never leave the dog in doubt when he looks to us to ask directions, and inform him as soon as we take an uncommon path. He now understands 'left', 'right' and 'straight' like a charm.

On tarmac (where cars drive by) he is only allowed to walk exactly beside us, on the proper side (away from the cars).
When we stop (traffic light and such) he has to sit and stay, so he wont wander of.

It is ok for him to walk ahead, but only if situation allowed it, that is: on dirt tracks or on dedicated biking paths, with no other people in sight. When I see a sideway or another bike or a man with a dog, I tell him to walk beside me, by giving a small thug on his leach. When we passed the man (dog, horse, whatever) he is allowed to roam ahead a little again. When he is tired from running, he is allowed to drop back a couple of meters. When he walks behind me I look with the corner of my eyes at him like two times a second, and drop speed if needed immediately.

We stay in control of the situation all the time.

Sometimes he defecates or urinates. You have to read him, and stop in time. This mostly happens at the very beginning.

When he does not want to go somewhere, because he thinks it is boring, he will sometimes try to pull back, sit on the ground even. We just stay calm and thug his leach to come besides the bike and drive on.

He has three walking modes, just like a horse.

The lowest mode we use to get started and loosen up or when really tired.
The middle mode is the favorite mode, he can run this from pretty slow (and hold this tempo for long times, like 5 to 10 minutes or longer) to pretty fast.
The really fast mode (like gallop), he can only hold for ten, twenty seconds at a time, when he has lots of energy. He will run as fast as he can. Mostly to impress my girlfriend.

He likes to jump in the water to cool down. We stop at all water we like. He does a quick pitstop, and on we go again. Total time of bike rides: 40 to 60 minutes, easy.

We dont ride hard at all most of the time. Just a slow jogging speed I would say. It is not 'just pure speed' we want, it is the experience of going 'fast': together.

Riding with two bikes and the dog is not a problem at all.

'but will he not run past the wrong side of roadlights?' Nope. Never. He understands. I think they do it wrong once, then never forget. He even understands zig-zag obstacles, where he would be able to just walk underneath: he doesnt. He zig-zags properly by himself.

He is very tired after 3 miles+. His condition is not very good yet. We dont push it. He loves it.

One of the favorite parts of the ride is when he notices we are heading back. He then 'finds' his way back (with some instructions when needed), and runs, as fast as he can: to his house. When he is in, he kills one of his stuffed animals, plays for a while very happy, then chills for hours.

Running is nice. But home... sweet home.

I thought about that too but it seems quite a bit less convenient... I'd like for him to be able to have a place to rest if he eventually becomes comfortable with trotting alongside (that thought scares me so far but we'll see), and dragging an empty trailer everywhere wouldn't be that ideal. xD Might've found a local store than can order basil baskets of I'm lucky, will check it out tomorrow. :)

@niki82 - very true, I'm also worried about him wanting to chase after something or if I crashed or hit a bump. I've seen lots of baskets with safety straps, but hardly any that are for dogs more than like 15 lbs (Ozzy is currently 18 lbs). Some come with like mesh / wire covers to hook or zip on top to keep them from jumping out. I'd love to take Ozzy on jogs or beside the bike when he's older. While he's too young for it, I'll probably let him get used it by walking beside the bike with him sometimes. Being able to take Ozzy with me when biking would be so convenient cus I don't have my own car, so when my bf is working if I want to go anywhere I just walk. xD we'd much rather be doing stuff outside like riding bikes to our destination than riding in the car anyway.

Ive also tried to look into like front / back packs that I could strap to myself and put Ozzy in. But not sure if there are any ideal for full grown shibes...

@juni that would've been so scary! Glad you're both OK and thanks for posting the link. It's such a dilemma trying to figure out the best bike contraption to use for Sora. I am in a similar position as you @lilikoi in regards to not having a car to use at present only it will be happening for the next year. I have looked into public transport but if I go in a taxi with her she has to be in a dog carrier but where will I put it while we're out and about? I am ringing to speak to the northern rivers buslines boss on Monday but the employee I spoke to said I will likely have to use the carrier. It's just so frustrating because I miss taking Sora out to different places! I really want to make travelling on a bike with Sora to be fun and safe not turn into a big drama.

I think as long as you put something for Ozzy to sit on, so he won't risk getting claws stuck in the mesh, he'll be fine.

With my current Trixie basket there was an attached wire to put on top, like the Basil ones, but don't bother with trying to order something like it because I think they may all be too low to fit a shiba anyways. The Trixie one certainly was.

Great! Basil is a lot better quality. I had the bigger basket, but it was almost too big actually. It depends on Ozzy's size too of course and what you want. There was room enough to put some other small items in it but it also stuck out a bit too far back which affects the balance of the bike slightly.

The one I have now is roughly: floor dimensions 43 x 23 cm and height in front 18 cm and at the back 30 cm. Juni is pretty tall for a female and weighs around 8 kg. I'll upload some pics for you later today.