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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!

Family bikepacking Gili Air Indonesia

Bikepacking with kids on Gili Air, Indonesia

06/08/2018

Kathryn and her family (two kids, Alice 12 and Tom 9 plus husband Richard) were on a family cycling tour bikepacking around Indonesia when their plans abruptly changed. They found themselves caught up in an earthquake on the island of Lombok. The risk of aftershocks and the impact on the local infrastructure, meant they had…

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Alice and Tom family cycling in Indonesia, Bali and Lombok

Bali family cycling holiday – Volcano to sea – Day 2

05/08/2018

It’s Day 2 of Kathryn’s family cycling holiday in Indonesia. She arrived on Bali by plane with her two children (Alice aged 12 and Tom aged 9) along with husband Richard and their 4 bikes.  Whilst on Bali they did a “Volcano to Sea” route from the north to south of the island.  Day 1…

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Family Cycling holiday in Bali - Day 1

Family cycling holiday on Bali – Day 1: Penelokan to Sidemen

30/07/2018

Alice (12) and Tom (9) are on a family cycling holiday on Bali. Here’s how their first day of cycle touring went

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Cycling with kids in Bali - capital city Denpasar

Bali and Lombok family cycling holiday – getting to Indonesia

30/07/2018

The adventure starts! Kathryn and her family have set off for a cycling adventure in Indonesia. Here’s how the first leg of the journey went…….

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Swale Trail nr Keld, Yorkshire Dales is a great mountain biking route for families with older children

New family friendly MTB trail opens in Yorkshire Dales

15/06/2018

The Swale Trail is a family friendly mountain biking route in the hear of the Yorkshire Dales

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Cycling infrastructure in Portland, Oregon

Can you use the Viator App to book a family cycling tour?

07/11/2017

Is it possible to book a cycling tour for all the family through an App? We put Viator to the test – here’s how we got on

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