Cardiff’s cycle network is growing. It includes a number of officially signed routes which lead you through quieter side streets and off road routes that avoid traffic altogether.

Go to traveline-cymru.info for help with planning your cycle trip.

The FREE Cardiff Walking and Cycling Map shows all routes for both pedestrians and cyclists and is a very useful map of the city.

For a copy of the map, contact us on cycling@cardiff.gov.uk.

For cycling routes in Cardiff follow this link – outdoorcardiff.com.

You can start travelling by bike from an early age. There are many Cardiff based and national initiatives to promote and encourage cycling to school and for leisure.

• A range of cycle training courses are available for children and adults of all abilities. Visit the Cycle Training pages for more info.
• Cardiff Council’s Road Safety Team also offer free holiday courses for children and occasional weekend summer courses for teenagers & adults (
  RSO1@cardiff.gov.uk

  www.roadsafety.cardiff.gov.uk).

• Ask your child’s school if they are part of Sustrans project, which encourages children (and parents!) to promote cycling and embed a ‘pro-cycling’ culture in both children and parents across the city. To find out more visit www.sustrans.org.uk.

Cardiff Council provides purpose built cycle parking for you to lock your bike to and you should use these wherever they are available. The Council is increasing cycle parking wherever it can.

Unfortunately, bike theft does happen, but you can make it more difficult for thieves by following these tips from South Wales Police:

• Always lock your cycle.
• Invest in a cycle lock which has been tested against attack.
• Spend at least 10% of the value of your bike on your lock.
• Lock your bike to a secure cycle rack
• Lock both the frame & wheels to the cycle rack
• Keep as small a gap as possible between the cycle & the lock.
• Keep the lock away from the ground.
• Face the locking mechanism towards the ground.
• Take panniers, lights, quick re-lease saddles and cycle computers with you.

Keep a note of your bike’s Model and Frame Number and take some good quality photographs of your bike – especially take close ups of unique features and parts.

Check out www.soldsecure.com/search/ for certified locks or ask your local bike shop for advice on locks and register your cycle details on the free national property register, Immobilise.

If the worst happens:

• Report any information on bike crime by calling 101.
• If a bike crime is in progress, you should call 999.

If you don’t have a bike but would like to try cycling for the day, there are options for hiring a bicycle in Cardiff.

• Pedal Power are based in Pontcanna and Cardiff Bay and offer a range of adult’s and children’s bikes, as well as trikes and specialised accessible bikes for all abilities. Find out more on Pedal Power’s website.
• Cardiff’s on-street cycle hire scheme launched in May 2018. It is run by nextbike (UK) Ltd and will provide 500 self-service cycles for hire across the city. The scheme is designed to make cycling accessible for people who don’t want to buy a bike, or who haven’t got the space available to store one, and to make it easy for people to join up with other sustainable transport.