New Year, New Wheels!

Celebrating new skills for the New Year 

Here at Bikeability, we’re all about helping families build confidence, stay active, and develop skills that last a lifetime – all while having fun! If your child got a new cycle for Christmas, or you’re looking to build important new skills, we’ve developed a series of fun #NewYearNewWheels activities to help you out.  

These activities can be enjoyed with either a pedal cycle or a balance bike, as a family or with friends. Take a look at the images below for instructions on how to take part, and what equipment you might need: 

Delivery rider 

Delivery driver will help your child to practice: 

• Riding one-handed 

Follow the leader 

Follow the leader is perfect for: 

• Building confidence in cycle handling 

• Understanding spatial awareness 

Grandma’s footsteps 

Grandma’s footsteps will help your child to build confidence in: 

• Moving and stopping quickly with control 

Slow race 

Slow race will help your child to: 

• Practice the skill of slow speed control 

Stop in the box 

Stop in the box is great for: 

• Increasing confidence in moving and stopping 

• Practicing using breaks to stop and pedals to set off  

Get cycling into 2025 and WIN! 

To celebrate new skills for the New Year, we’re giving away a Squish balance bike and helmet! Between Wednesday 1 January and Wednesday 15 January, we’re running a #NewYearNewWheels competition across our social media channels. 

The winner will receive a Squish 14” balance bike in purple, and a helmet courtesy of Tandem Group Cycles in blue. We’re also giving away a Bikeability bundle to a lucky runner up that contains a sports bag, sports bottle, cycle bell, badge and stickers. 

How to enter: 

To enter the draw to win the prize, follow the instructions on the competition social media post on Facebook, X and Instagram. 

We’ll be sharing the #NewYearNewWheels activities above across our social media channels. To gain an extra entry into the prize draw, show us your family or child taking part the activity in photos or videos in the comments of these posts. You can read the full T&Cs here. 

We’re looking forward to seeing you all take part in the #NewYearNewWheels activities!