Where to ride

Family cycling – where to ride

If you’re looking for ideas on where to go on a family bike ride, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve got lots of thoughts on where to cycle with kids of all ages, from short rides through to multi-day family bike packing trips.

Happy cycling!

komoot routes

Follow us on komoot and find some of our favorite family cycling routes.

You can download the routes and follow them straight from your phone, plan your own routes and see highlights other cyclists recommend!

If you have any favorite routes, please do share them with us in komoot to inspire other families.

Some great places to ride

Family cycling holidays

One of our very favourite things is going on a family cycling holiday – unfortunately life / school / work gets in the way most of the time!  If you’re thinking about cycling on your holidays, you don’t need to make it too complicated – a single day’s riding is how we started.

Over the years we’ve built up to doing trips of up to a month away – but we always drive or take the train somewhere and camp and then ride from the campsite.

Some of our Cycle Sprog contributors prefer to leave the car at home and carry all their kit with them – and thankfully they’ve written up their adventures to help anyone else who wants to do similar.

Enjoy your holiday!

Cycling infrastructure, Portland Oregon

Cycling in Portland, Oregon with kids – a mum’s view

Would Portland be safe enough for two boys on holiday from the UK to cycle around for the day?

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Welcome to Portland Oregon Cycling capital of the USA

Cycle Sprog Road Trip 2 – Seattle traffic and onwards to Portland

Seattle and Portland are the next stops on our road trip – would a heat wave, forest fires and a foot injury ruin our plans?

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Cycling in Vancouver

Cycle Sprog Road Trip 1: Family cycling Vancouver Style

We had ups and downs on the first stage of our family cycling road trip

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Family Cycling holiday along the RIver Danube

Family cycling holiday along the River Danube

Flying to Vienna and cycling along the River Danube to Budapest is a fabulous way to enjoy a family cycling holiday

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Family Cycling in the French Alps - the top of Col du Lautaret

Our family cycling holiday in the French Alps

I was sceptical – would the boys be capable of cycling in the French Alps? There’s only one way to find out…….

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Cycling in the French Alps to Briancon

Family cycling in the Alps – Les Alberts to Briançon

During the May Half Term we were lucky enough to go on a family cycling holiday to the French Alps. We stayed in a tiny village called Les Alberts, which is nestled at the foot of the Vallee de Claree, 10 minutes drive from the resort of Montgenevre and the Italian border. It’s in the Hautes-Alpes…

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