On the right track – family cycling in West Yorkshire
Disused railway lines are a great place for family cycling – they provide a safe traffic free environment for your kids. They don’t usually have any excessive gradients, so can be managed on small bikes with no gears. In West Yorkshire there are a plethora of disused railway lines so we decided to go for an explore to see…
Rice pedals and curved frames – the Imagine Project starts to take shape
Rice pedals and curved frames – the Imagine Project starts to take shape Last month here on Cycle Sprog we featured an interview with Isla Rowntree about the Imagine Project. Isla Rowntree is the founder of Islabikes, the quality kids bike manufacturer based in Ludlow, Shropshire, and has embarked on a mission to transform the…
Practice makes perfect – riding the North Face MTB trail at Grizedale
Over the autumn half term holiday our boys were lucky enough to attend two days of mountain bike training run by our local British Cycling coaches. This left Chris and I with not one, but two child free days to enjoy some mountain biking- what a luxury!! I’ve already written about how we got on practicing…
A family day out at The Track Bike Park, Redruth, Cornwall
This autumn half term we were lucky enough to visit Cornwall for a couple of days. The weather forecast was lovely for the time of year, so we decided to take the bikes and get out and enjoy some family cycling, Cornish style. A quick google search for “Mountain Biking with kids in Cornwall” brought…
We went time travelling this half term – back to BC!
This half term Chris and myself went time travelling. Back, back through the ages to a time BC – Before Children. A time when we used to ride our mountain bikes together, enjoying each other’s company. A time when we would stop when we wanted or needed to stop, and ride when we wanted to…
Puky Balance Bikes – the different models explained
The Cycle Sprog team explain the differences between the many models of Puky balance bikes.