Karen Gee

Frog 43 first kids pedal bike

Win a Union Jack Frog Bike presented by Joanna Rowsell

The lovely people over at Frog Bikes are offering one very lucky child a chance to win a brand new Union Jack Frog Bike, and to be presented with it by Olympic double gold medallist Joanna Rowsell.   To enter you need to do two things – firstly tweet a photo of your favourite cycling moment…

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Mountain biking during the autumn at Grizedale Forest, Cumbria

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…

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Practising front wheel lifts on an Islabikes Creig 24 at The Track Bike Park, Portreath, Redruth, Cornwall

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…

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Enjoying our child free day Mountain Biking at Gisburn Forest

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…

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Puky LRM learner balance bike

Puky Balance Bikes – the different models explained

The Cycle Sprog team explain the differences between the many models of Puky balance bikes.

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Family cycling at Kielder Forest

Heady fun during a family cycle ride at Kielder Forest

When my (now) husband Chris and I were much, much younger, we used to love going to Kielder Forest for a long weekend. We’d pack up our tent and the mountain bikes, and spend several days camping and cycling. Depending on how late we’d stayed in the local pub the night before, we’d either ride…

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