KIDS ON BIKES…DOES IT GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT?
Introduce kids to the joy of an active life by leading them on a bicycle adventure. You’ll share an empowering experience that will engage them, and lead them to a healthy lifestyle. Plus, Adventure Cycling has a bunch of resources available to help you!

GO OVERNIGHT

Check out BikeOvernights.org for inspiration on planning overnight adventures (1-2 nights) with the kids in your life! Read about short tours from all over the U.S. and get inspired to plan an adventure right out your own back door!

GUIDES & books

Pedal Pioneers: A Guide to Bicycle Travel with Kids: The guide that inspired it all! Designed to help teachers, youth group leaders, and other bicyclists organize their own youth bicycle tours. The Pedal Pioneers guide will help you along every step of the way; from creating a trip proposal to choosing meals.

Mud, Sweat, and Gears: An account of a rowdy family bike adventure across Canada on seven wheels.

Hey Mom: Can I Ride My Bike Across the America?: 5 kids meet their country.

youth cycling forum

If you’ve got some questions or ideas about getting kids on bikes, hop onto our Youth Bicycle Forum and share! (You will need to create a simple login to participate, it's free.)

INSPIRING ADVENTURE CYCLIST ARTICLES

"Pass It On: Riding the Idaho Rail-Trails with the Next Generation" (pdf, 1 M) by Aaron Teasdale

"A Bicycle Built for Three: A mother-to-be considers how to keep the pedals spinning" (pdf, 184k) by Christina Uss

"A Big Ride with Little Partners" (pdf, 396k) by Joe Kurmaskie

"A Family Does the Dalton" (pdf, 600k) by Nancy Sathre-Vogel

FAMILY TOURS

Check out our C&O Family Fun tour or our Katy Trail Family trip!

In all of the research that we did for the Pedal Pioneers guide, we found many great information sources including youth bicycle travel programs, bike safety programs, and general bicycle resources. Check out our "Outside Links" list of national youth bicycle resources on the right hand navigation bar for more details. 

Let’s get America’s children back on bikes!

This project was made possible with the support of The Henry Family Foundation and Adventure Cycling Association members.