Road bikes
A road bike is a specialist type of kids bike which comes with drop handlebars and skinny tyres – it’s designed for going fast on tarmaced surfaces. Many, but not all, kids road bikes can also be used for racing cyclocross with a change of tyres. We recommend this type of bike only for confident…
Hybrid bikes
A hybrid bike is the type of bike we recommend for most children once they reach the stage of needing gears. Flat handlebars, easy to use gears, a light weight frame and no suspension means they’re easy and fun to ride. We’ve got lots of advice on choosing the right hybrid bike for your child…
York Solar System Cycleway
Ever fancied cycling to Mars? You can – the York Solar System cycleway will take you on a ride that is out of this world!
Using a bike trailer for the nursery run – a dad’s view
Rob Walker from i-travel York has sent us this great film of him cycling to the child minders with his daughter Pheobe in a child bike trailer behind his bike.
Coronavirus: Is it OK for my family to be riding their bikes?
Cycling is one of the few activities still allowed during the Covid-19 outbreak – but what exactly is allowed?
Family Cycling News – January 2021
Welcome to 2021! Here in the UK we’re in a winter lockdown, but there’s still plenty to get excited about for the year ahead. We’re pleased to be relaunching our monthly overview of what’s going on in the wonderful world of family cycling. Don’t miss future roundups – just now. 1.4m more children in England…