Why don't families cycle together more?

[FamilyonaBike]

As an active cycling family we think nothing of getting on our bikes together as a family, it's second nature. But apparently that's not normal! So why don't more families cycle together? Whether for recreation, a trip to the shops, swimming, school or library or on extended tours.

We've been chewing this over informally having invested a lot of time trying to encourage non-cycling families to get on their bikes, with varying degrees of success. We garnered our thoughts on this in a blog we wrote back in 2009 but are now wondering, has anything changed?? Or has the world got worse!
http://www.familyadventureproject.org/2009/04/from-bicycle-to-why-cycle.html

Would love to hear your thoughts and views on both the barriers to participation and what kind of events, support, rewards work to get families biking together?

Stuart
www.familyonabike.org

 

[vspa]

an acquaintance of mine cycles with his four children, not sure about the wife...
i guess it has to be a share passion for cycling and not something you could impose on family members,
or even better a sense of family and unity making them do things together !