Having five young children its always been fairly hard to actually be in a place where we can take them all cycling. There has always been one at that in between stage of being too big for a seat on the back of an adult bike but too small to be able to cycle independently without stabilisers etc etc.
Being as my OH is a bit of a bike nut, rides his bike to work every day, all the kids who are school age have been riding their bikes confidently without stabilisers since around the age of 4…it seems crazy that as a family we haven’t at least tried to do more! But the big draw back? I didnt have a bike. Until recently. We took the plunge and invested in a bike for me and so far we have had two bike riding days out with the kids.
Its a great way of getting out and about with the kids. Its cheap, green and you can cover some really quite large distances. So its lovely to make a day of it.
At the moment we have our two youngest still on kiddy seats on adult bikes. But im sure it wont be long before our 4 year old will be wanting a bit of her own independence!
Its easy to find dedicated cycleways and we discovered a long and flat route locally and this week we took off for an afternoon to attempt a little bit of it.
The kids had a great time and the KM just flew by without them even noticing that they were getting exercise! Made a lot easier by the fact that they had a couple of friends with them as well, so there was much laughing and giggling as we rode through the countryside. We came across a skate park on our route and the kids all had a go on their bikes. Those ramps are steep and probably not the best place for a toddler. She played chicken with them most of the time and gave us a couple of near heart attacks as she dodged the bikes flying towards her!
We finished the ride of with hot chocolate on the beach, courtesy of the kelly kettle and it was a pretty good end to Father’s day.
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these two in the first picture are my oldest and youngest…people always say how alike they are. er…yep. some family resemblence!! 🙂
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Looks like you all had a great time. We can’t convince our son to even sit on a bike. Went to buy him one for his 3rd birthday last December and he was having none of it – still not interested 🙁 #MagicMoments.
Looks like you had a great time, we can;t convince ourt son to even sit on a bike, we were gutted, tried to buy him a bike for his 3rd birthday in December and refused to even sit on one – still no interest 🙁 #MagicMoments
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Looks like you had a wonderful time. The one time we took our eldest cycling in a seat on the back of H’s bike she promptly fell asleep as we rattled our way around the New Forest trails, only waking up for lunch!
They are so alike! What fabulous pictures as ever 🙂
What lovely pics … Looks like you had a fab time xxx 🙂
It’s funny actually I’m the only one without a bike here! They all have all manner of bikes, scooters, go-karts and ride ons. My 5 year old has finally mastered starting himself off – but my mate said the bike he got for Christmas is already too small! I want to make sure he is totally confident before taking the stabilisers off my 4 year olds – but sure he will be soon ready.
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Cycling! You’ll be camping next…..
Last time I cycled I ended up in a ditch at the side of the road. I still don’t know how you have 5 and keep sane….let alone take ’em all cycling! Good on you. X
This looks like an amazing day! we are planning more on our bikes soon!
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Cycling is such a fab form of exercise and fun for all the family I think….just got to get my middle one to stop moaning every time we encounter a slight incline! Gorgeous pics 🙂
Great fun cycling, although I am rather lazy about accompanying LO and OH (I need something to cushion my butt). I love the pictures…it really looks like you have some great places to cycle.
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I love taking the kids cycling – it’s such a lovely family thing to do. Looks like you all had a lovely time 🙂