HUB Cycling Kids on Wheels Balance Bike Camps
HUB Cycling is proud to announce that it will now be running the popular Kids on Wheels Balance Bike Programs!
Give your child the gift of balance and confidence—Kids on Wheels Balance Bike Camps are the ultimate activity for children aged 2 to 6 years old to learn the fundamentals of riding a balance bike.
Why Balance Bikes?
Balance bikes are no-pedal bicycles, which are an important “first step” to cycling.
Balance bikes help children:
- Gain confidence
- Improve their self esteem
- Improve risk management
Through balance bikes, kids discover balance and steering in their own time and comfort zone. The experience gained through balance bikes leads to an easy transition to a pedal bike, often without the need for training wheels.
The goal is to develop a safe and rewarding relationship with cycling that will nurture each child throughout their lives.
Programs Overview
Parent Participation Camp
In this Mini - Camp, we’ll mainly focus on:
- Getting children comfortable on the balance bikes and wearing helmets.
- Provide tips to parents on how to fit a balance bike to their children.
- Practice important skills such as stopping, riding, balancing, and gliding.
- Have fun by reading bike books and singing songs!
Balance bikes help children to gain confidence, improve their risk management and allow easy transition to a pedal bike without the need for training wheels. This mini-camp is designed for beginners and intermediate riders and parent/caregiver participation is required.
This programs has five one-hour sessions, and is done over the span of a week. It is designed for ages 2-4.
Preschool Camp
This mini-camp is packed with fun balance bike activities! Our skilled instructors will design an interactive riding course for children to explore every day.
Through fun games and riding around the course, we will:
- Practice important skills such as stopping, balancing, and gliding.
- Introduce some road signs and safety rules of the road.
This mini-camp might be the boost your children need before they transition to a pedal bike! It is designed for intermediate and advanced balance bike riders. Children are expected to be able to stay without parents/caregivers for the duration of the camp.
This programs has five, one hour sessions, and is done over the span of a week. It is designed for ages 3-6.
Kids on Wheels “Zones”
Kids as young as 18 months are invited to practice riding our balance bikes in a fun interactive riding course! We also provide helmets — you just need to show up!
Invite us to your local festival or community event, and we’ll set up a Kids on Wheels Zone. The kids can enjoy riding our balance bike on the course for as long as they like (parents are required to stay in the area). Your child is welcome to try different bikes as we have a variety of brands and sizes. Our instructors on site are knowledgeable about balance bikes so please feel free to ask us questions!
We’re always looking for sponsors for Kids on Wheels Zones - it’s great exposure for local businesses! Please email streetwise@bikehub.ca for more information.
Upcoming Programs
This year, we will visit various daycares, and community centers from Monday to Friday to run our fun balance bike camps, as well as bringing our kids on Wheels "Zones" to many local events and festivals. We bring all the necessary equipment: bikes, helmets, games, signage, cones, books and much more!
We are busy planning our programs for 2026, and will provide updates on our locations soon.