Click on the links below for information on teaching children to ride bikes safely.

www.usa.safekids.org/tier2_rl.cfm?folder_id=169
www.kidshealth.org/kid/watch/out/bike_safety.html
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/pedbimot/bike/KidsandBikeSafetyWeb

Children's bikes are not kept in stock, but can be special ordered.

www.bikesandmoregainesville.com

There are lots of trails that are great for biking with kids in the area.  Click on the links below for more information.

www.bikingflorida.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=66
http://gorp.away.com/gorp/location/fl/biking/bik_off.htm
www.trails.com/toptrails.aspx?area=10269

Jamis and Scott Children's bicycles in Stock! Striders also available for early riders.


www.chainreactionbikes.com

Authorized Strider dealer in Gainesville, FL. The Strider™ teaches your child balance, coordination and develops glittering confidence.   Trikes and bikes with training wheels dont.   Traditional bicycles place too much of the focus on learning to pedal -- skimping on developing your childs motor skills.   And tricycles are heavy, clunky and difficult for kids to control.   The Strider™ takes pedaling out of the mix so that kids can concentrate solely on learning balance, which takes more practice.


info@fasttrakcycles.com
www.fasttrakcycles.com

Visit the website for information on Florida bike laws, family and children's biking programs, and other biking resources.

www.floridabicycle.org

The Gainesville Cycling Club is a loosely organized group formed for the purpose of riding bikes! We also have picnics and parties, often but not always in conjunction with bike rides.   Occasionally, when the situation warrants, we may get involved in cajoling government about things that they are doing that affect us as bicyclists.   On the website, you can also find maps of popular biking routes.

www.gainesvillecyclingclub.org

Gainesville's trails are connected.   The Waldo Road Greenway, Depot Avenue Trail, Downtown Connector, and Gainesville-Hawthorne trail can be used to provide a 22-mile (35 km) continuous bike trail from the Gainesville Regional Airport to Hawthorne.
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Gainesville Depot Avenue Trail 2.1 miles (3.4 km), paved
This trail follows a former rail corridor through residential and industrial areas in southeast Gainesville.   It connects to the Gainesville-Waldo Road Greenway on its eastern end, allowing for an extended trail experience.   These trails are part of a growing network that will ultimately provide access to the Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail State Park via the Gainesville-Downtown Connector.
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Gainesville- Downtown Connector 1.8 miles (2.9 km), paved (under construction)


Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail 16 miles (26 km), paved (asphalt 10' wide)
Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail State Park stretches 16 miles from the City of Gainesville's Boulware Springs Park through the Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park and the Lochloosa Wildlife Management Area.   As such, the trail takes you through some of the finest natural areas in north central Florida.   It is wooded and quiet even though it travels close to busy highways and country roads.   The entire trail is a pleasure to ride, and there are even a few hills to climb and speed down.   If you take your time and visit La Chua trail in Paynes Prairie, you might even have an opportunity to see bison, wild horses and sandhill cranes.
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www.floridastateparks.org/gainesville-hawthorne

Parking is provided at three trail heads:
3300 SE 15th Street in Gainesville, at Boulware Springs City Park
7902 SE 200th Drive, off of CR2082 west of Hawthorne
2182 SE 71st Avenue in Hawthorne

Primitive restrooms are located at mile markers 1.0 and 6.6.


Kermit Sigmon Trail - Paved
Named for a local doctor, the trail leads west past both Shands and Veterans hospitals, and hospital employees use it as a commuter corridor.   Although the route continues another two miles west, it's probably best to end your trip here; the Archer Road crossing poses a significant hazard, and its narrow sidewalk flanks the wrong side of the road for westbound cyclists.
www.traillink.com/ViewTrail.aspx?AcctID=6167133

Gainesville-Waldo Road Greenway -2.6 miles (4.2 km), paved This nicely landscaped trail follows a former rail corridor through residential and industrial areas in southeast Gainesville.   It connects to the Gainesville-Depot Avenue Trail at its southern end, allowing for an extended trail experience.   When renovated, the Old Depot will provide trailhead access to the trail.   In the meantime, access is available at many crossroads running the length of the trail from the Shands Hospital area to the trail's connection to the Gainesville-Waldo Road Greenway.

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While hiking through San Felasco Hammock Preserve you will see changes in elevation and limestone outcrops that create 18 different biological communities, including sinkholes, sandhills, creeks, ponds, and upland longleaf pine forests.  The preserve also hosts rare plants and a several recognized hardwood "champion trees".

You may see white-tailed deer, gray foxes, turkeys, and perhaps even the elusive bobcat, along with many species of songbirds.  Summer breeding birds include wood thrush and various species of warblers, with fall and spring migration bringing another host of warbler species.  The winter months also bring in migratory waterfowl.

Park hours: 8 until sundown, 365 days per year
Admission: $2 per vehicle.

www.sanfelasco.net

Childrens bikes are not kept in stock, but can be special ordered.

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www.spinracing.com

Children's bikes are kept in stock.

www.supercoolbikeshop.com