7 ways to enjoy cycling with children in the school holidays and beyond

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7 ways to enjoy cycling with children in the school holidays and beyond


The school holidays are a great time to get out on bikes with friends and family. For newer riders, it’s a chance to spend a bit more time on the bike and develop skills. For more experienced kids, there’s opportunity to take on bigger challenges and gain more confidence.

Our family has been preparing a list of goals to achieve by bike over the coming weeks – ranging from embarking on a bikepacking trip, to learning to ride no handed, and ticking off our longest family ride. And, with UK charitable organisation, Bikeability Trust, having developed a load of different activities and challenges aimed at getting families riding this summer, we’ve got more activities to add to the list. 

(Image credit: Rachel Sokal)

(Image credit: Rachel Sokal)

Follow the leader – stand up, sit down, arm waving, turning (the current family favourite)Slow race – who can get to the finish line in the most timeEver decreasing circle – stay within the markers when the space gradually shrinksEmpty list

(Image credit: Rachel Sokal)

Family activities

(Image credit: Rachel Sokal)

Plan your trip and some contingencies. Have some long and short detours in mind, make sure your route travels through or to somewhere your kids will be interested in, and do your best to check it’s ridable (getting a trailer through a chicane gate can be a real challenge).Your kit bag is make or break! Take enough snacks to motivate and refuel. You will likely find that metaphorical sugar-ladder carrots are more effective than the real vegetable version. Carry enough clothes to deal with the all the too hot / too cold / it’s raining scenarios.Take a puncture repair kit and practice using it before you go. And, take a lock. If the worst comes to the worst, and you decide to abandon, a ride then it’s much harder to get home on public transport or even grab a lift from a friend if you’ve got several bikes in tow. Lock them up, get home and then go back and get them later when calm has been restored.



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Publish date : 2024-08-15 08:46:08

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