Category: Getting Started

Advice and tips for getting started as a cycling family

Skills and safety for family bike rides

Learning to ride a bike, riding safely, cycle skills for kids, footpath and road biking, shared paths,

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Towing or Carrying kids on your bike

When your child is not ready for their own bike you may want to carry them on yours or tow them behind.

Choosing Kids Bikes – what you need to know

Choosing Kids Bikes Cycling with Kids

There is something so exciting about buying your child their first bike. It evokes all kinds of memories from our own childhoods. For a child the gift of a bike is almost magical. Their first two wheeler represents another of childhood’s hurdles to be conquered and a link in the chain that brings them closer to that far-off world adults inhabit. Whether you are stripping rust off a junk shop find, or unveiling a sparkling new marvel from the bike shop, you will love the look on your child's face when they encounter a bike that is all theirs. So how do you go about making such magic happen?

Awesome reasons for families to ride bikes

Cycling with kids in New Zealand

Even for experienced riders, cycling with kids will be a new challenge. You’ll need new knowledge, skills, gear and, most importantly, attitude. This blog will help if you are uncertain and need convincing, help with motivation, or a compelling case to make to your partner. Read on to discover how riding a bike can benefit your health, your family and your community and what kids think about it. And the key benefit and reason to cycle? …...because it’s FUN!