Bike bus
Welcome to The Bikeability Trust’s Bike Bus Leader Guide.
What is a bike bus?
A bike bus is a fun, safe and eco-friendly solution that brings children together to ride to school as a group, with the support and supervision of adults. It’s a great way to promote cycling, build community and give children the skills and confidence to ride independently.
Introducing the Leader Guide
This guidance is designed for you to help you get started with your bike bus. You can dip in and out of the guidance, picking and choosing the most relevant sections to make your bike bus a success. If you are here for the first time, just start with the introduction!
We’ve got all the tips and advice you need to get the wheels turning. You’ll also find helpful suggestions for building a team, engaging with your community and supporting riders of all ages and abilities.
Whether you’re a parent, carer or school staff member, this guide will walk you through everything you need to know to create a bike bus that’s not only practical and safe but also a lot of fun for everyone involved!
Let’s get started on the journey to make your bike bus the best it can be!
Bike bus video guides
You’ll find useful animations and videos below to help you learn more about how best to set up and run a bike bus.
What is a bike bus?
Using the four key skills
How to move as a group
Cycle check
Bike Bus Leader Guide
Each resource below is free to download and designed to help you set up a bike bus in your neighbourhood. Please fill out your details below to receive a download link to all resources.
What’s included:
Leader Guide: Introduction
Your intro to bike bus, including what you need to get started, the many benefits, and more!
Leader Guide: Before you ride
All the practical information you need before you ride, including route planning and risk management.
Leader Guide: Let’s ride
Top tips on what to wear, checking your cycle, and more.
Leader Guide: Celebrate, review and improve
How to promote and improve your bike bus, including further resources.
Family guide
Everything you need to prepare for an enjoyable and safe bike bus ride.
Risk assessments
Templates and checklists to help leaders assess risks, share key safety information and map safe bike bus routes.
Example route plan
Completed example to illustrate how to assess and document bike bus route risks.
Rider consent form
Consent form for parents or carers to approve their child’s participation in a school bike bus.
FAQs template
Answers to common questions about equipment, training, inclusion, and communication for successful bike buses. Ready-to-use FAQs for parents and carers covering bike bus safety, equipment, training, and communication.
Leaders code of practice
Outlines responsibilities, conduct, and standards expected of bike bus leaders supporting children.
Incident reporting form
A structured form to log bike bus incidents, injuries, actions taken, and follow-up measures.
Review and feedback forms
Review and feedback forms supporting leaders and riders to share experiences, suggest improvements, and offer testimonials for the bike bus.
Leaders email templates
Editable email templates for schools, parents and local authorities to promote and support bike bus.
Awards certificate
Award template for schools to celebrate children’s success as Bike Bus Champions.
Schools promotional poster
Promotional poster encouraging pupils to join the bike bus.
Share your story
#Bikebus on Social Media
Does your school run a bike bus? Help inspire others to do the same, by sharing your story on social media.
Don’t forget to tag us and #Bikebus – we love to see what you’re up to and regularly reshare content from our community.
Become a Community Champion
We’re constantly looking for local cycling champions, to tell your inspiring story with our network.
Do you have an exciting story or know someone to nominate? Let us know here.
Beeline
About Beeline
Beeline is on a mission to make getting from A to B an adventure. With its intuitive navigation devices and apps, Beeline empowers riders to explore with confidence, whether they’re commuting, touring, or riding for the sheer joy of it. Since launching in 2015, Beeline has helped hundreds of thousands of riders across the world find their way more easily and enjoyably.
Get a free Velo 2 device
As part of the launch, Beeline is giving away a limited number of free Velo 2 devices to bike bus leaders across the UK.
Find and follow the best routes with Beeline, and be in with a chance to win a free Beeline Velo 2 device.
To apply for the chance to win a free Beeline Velo 2 device, visit www.beeline.co.
