Where to ride

Family cycling – where to ride

If you’re looking for ideas on where to go on a family bike ride, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve got lots of thoughts on where to cycle with kids of all ages, from short rides through to multi-day family bike packing trips.

Happy cycling!

komoot routes

Follow us on komoot and find some of our favorite family cycling routes.

You can download the routes and follow them straight from your phone, plan your own routes and see highlights other cyclists recommend!

If you have any favorite routes, please do share them with us in komoot to inspire other families.

Some great places to ride

Family cycling holidays

One of our very favourite things is going on a family cycling holiday – unfortunately life / school / work gets in the way most of the time!  If you’re thinking about cycling on your holidays, you don’t need to make it too complicated – a single day’s riding is how we started.

Over the years we’ve built up to doing trips of up to a month away – but we always drive or take the train somewhere and camp and then ride from the campsite.

Some of our Cycle Sprog contributors prefer to leave the car at home and carry all their kit with them – and thankfully they’ve written up their adventures to help anyone else who wants to do similar.

Enjoy your holiday!

Mother and son on cycling holiday

Is a family cycling holiday to Holland a good idea?

Over the last few months my husband, Ian, and I have been having discussions as to what to do for a certain significant birthday of mine this March.  My thoughts were that I definitely didn’t want a party but perhaps we could go away somewhere as a family (we have two girls, Emily, 7 and…

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Cycling on canal towpaths – a six year old’s view

The ‘cycling on canal towpaths’ article has been written by our son, aged six, who is a keen cyclist and fan of getting out into the open air at any given opportunity. His interest in cycling extends to following Team Sky and British Cycling, and he is a bit of a fan of Mark Cavendish…

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Youth mountain biking in North Wales

Family Mountain Biking in North Wales – Llandegla’s ‘Blue’ and ‘Green’ trails

Llandegla in North Wales is a great place to introduce your family to mountain biking. The Green and Blue routes are designed specifically with younger riders in mind

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family group in holland

family cycling holiday in Holland – a mum’s view

Ever wondered what it takes to take a family with 2 small children on a cycling holiday? Read on to find out…….

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Bikes with Leco Top Tube front seat

Family cycling in North Wales – a sunny ride from Rhos-on-Sea

The sun was shining, so we headed to the coast to combine a family ride with time on the beach

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Can you cycle whilst breastfeeding?

Advice on cycling while breastfeeding your baby

It’s National Breast Feeding Week, so here is our guide to getting out and about on two wheels if you’re feeding

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