Young mums DofE Gold expedition fundraising team!: Bike taster day @ Richmond Park!

Richmond Park was a great day out!

We tested out a range of bikes and add ons for the kids buy riding round the fields and going on a 15 minute bike ride on the bike paths.

We tried tag alongs, trailers and child seats and all swapped round then had a picnic to decide what we all liked best.

Most of us loved the trailers and some liked the child seats but the larger kids were too heavy and it was scary to think the bike may fall over! The tag along was quite hard to turn with but Abdullah and Isiah loved it so we were thinking of swapping or taking in turns.

We had a picnic and a discussion about what the best bikes and attachments are to use on our expedition and we are going to do some more research. We like the idea of having child seats and trailers on the bikes so the kids can alternate and not get too bored but were not sure this is possible.

We were originally planning to use tandem bikes but have now decided not too due to the cost, the weight of them and also the difficulty in attaching things to the back eg a tag a long or trailer.

Were going to look in to buying the trailers and baby seats as hiring them for the practice and full expeditions will be expensive and this was we can use them for other young mothers groups in the future.

All in all it was a brilliant day and we learnt so much. We bonded as a group and although the hire was quite expensive and came out of our fundraising money we think it was well worth while as were a lot more informed to make decisions about what we want now.

Thanks for reading and please see some pics below!

Emily