Got a Bike?  Take a Bike Ride!  

Check out some great resouces for San Francisco biking:

• Biking for San Francisco Families: Routes and Resources 
• Bike Smart, Ride Safe for Kids class at the Presidio YMCA is for kids of all abilities who want to learn skills to help them ride a bicycle more safely.
• Blazing Saddles Bike Rentals & Tours 
• Sunday Streets-- bike in the streets! Streets are closed for fun in a different part of the City to explore every month. Young ones (and older ones) can take the class Freedom from Training Wheels.
•  reMatch Sports offers used bikes, trailors and much more.
• San Francisco Bicycle Coalition offers tips, safety, rides and more. See the Bike Law 101 to make sure you know the rules of the road.
• Trips for Kids/Re-Cyclery takes kids on trips and helps them build bikes.
•  The Bike Kitchen is a do-it-yourself bicycle resource.  Learn how to do a tune up for youth and adults.
• SF Biking Families Yahoo! Group
• SF Bike Map showing bike paths, bike lanes, bike shops, public transportation, and grades of hills i from the SF Bicycle Advisory Committee or check 511.org for more info.
• Suggested open areas to learn to ride: Ocean Beach sidewalk, City College parking lot, Treasure Island, Crissy Field, Marina Green, Golden Gate Park (weekend closed street areas). 

Local Resources

• Bay Area Skateboarding Parks
• Go Fish!  Fishing in the City, San Francisco Bay Area offers local places to go fishing on your own.
• Bay Area Pick-Your-Own Farms article by SFkids staff
• Let’s Go Take a Hike! Bay Area Adventures for Familiesby By Laure Latham 
• San Francisco Recreation & Park Department. Be sure your family is registered for a "Family Account" for a quicker and simpler registration.
• Neighborhood Parks Council is a non-profit organization that advocates for improving the park and recreation system. The NPC website has listings of local neighborhood park groups. It is also the home to Park Scan, which is an independent online reporting system designed so that community members can report problems observed in SF parks on the system. 
• The San Francisco Bike Coalition offers bike safety, biking with kids, bike maps and much, much more.
• San Francisco Parks Trust is a non-profit organization that supports the improvement of San Francisco parks. SFPT also organizes volunteers and lists park events.
• Water Spots to Escape the San Francisco Fog by Laure Latham

SFkids Related Pages

• Looking for sports classes, such as baseball, swimming, or soccer? See our Sports and Fitness page.
• Looking for more information about family fitness? Visit our Family Fitness page.
• Looking for more information on outdoor safety? Check out the Safety page.