Family Bike Adventures - Kendal Mountain Festival Spring 2021

Thanks so much for attending the session with Kendal Mountain Festival and hope it's inspired you to get out on your bikes for some family cycling adventures this summer.

This article will help guide you through the process or follow up on the things I mentioned in my talk with Hannah.

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Happy cycling!

Karen

Here’s my talk if you missed it

Cheaper ways to get into family cycling

These are the suppliers I referred to:

Kids Bike Trailer Hire - for short and longer term trailer, bike seat and car rack rental

The Bike Club - monthly leasing scheme for kids bike - avoiding the upfront cost of buying a bike

Ebay Secondhand Kids Bikes selection page - these are our reccomendations for secondhand models of kids bikes

Buying a second hand kids bike - advice on how to buy a second hand kids bike

Equipment for different ages

These are the links to the main articles on the different stages of cycling with you family, but we've got loads of other articles so please do have a look around the website

Rear bike seats
Trailers
Front Bike Seats for younger kids
Front Bike Seats for older kids
Tagalongs
FollowMe Tandem
Other ways of pulling your child's bike behind your bike
Cargo Bikes
Kids Bikes

General advice on getting started

Cycling with kids: everything you need to get started
Cycling with babies and toddlers: everything you need to get started
8 tips for your first family bike ride of the year
Why you shouldn’t buy a REALLY cheap new kids bike
How to pull a child’s bike behind your bike
10 ways to keep your kids safe when cycling on a hot day
How to keep your child’s head warm under their bike helmet
Kids hydration packs – pros and cons of using them on a family bike ride
The best places to buy a second hand kids bike
How we became a mountain biking family in just one year

Some of our family cycling adventures

Hiring bikes for the family on our Cornish holiday
Cycling Coast to Coast in Cornwall with kids
Windermere Bike Boat to Wray Castle – a family cycling adventure in the Lake District
The Swale Trail, Yorkshire Dales – a family mountain bike trail of two halves
Bike Park Wales review by 10 year old Tester T
Family mountain biking in Bend, Oregon
Our family cycling holiday in the French Alps
Ketchum Capers – cycling with kids in Sun Valley, Idaho
Family cycling in the Alps – a fun downhill ride from Col du Lautaret to Briançon
Family friendly MTB route – Askrigg, Yorkshire Dales