GlennR

If driving I bring my bike. If flying I find a place that rents bikes.

mwdilday

Yes we do quite often.

Troul 

i ride for my vacations.

kahn

Rented bikes a few years back and biked up Zion Canyon. Neat alternate way to see that section of park. I purchased a used bike to store for my vacations with family in Tucson.

billnuke1 

Should have swapped the bottle cages…

pennpaul

Almost 20 years ago a couple years after we got married, we visited Maui. I convinced my wife to ride down Haleakala at sunrise. The van ride up was cramped and the bikes they gave us were pretty much garbage, but sunrise was beautiful and the ride down was uneventful and easy EXCEPT at the bottom I made a wrong turn. That little detour probably added just an extra mile, but part of it was uphill and these POS bikes wouldn't shift into low. Anyway, I still hear about if I ever bring up biking on vacation so we've never done it as a couple or now as a family.

If I go solo to a conference, I bring my gear and rent a road bike. Last year the family did sag support while I road the GAP, and then a few months later picked me up after I finished the C&O.

I'm not done trying, though. Now that the kids can ride well enough, I'm looking for my next opportunity.

thumpism 

Answering on a friend's behalf.

He rode 3,000 miles in the last year and he's at the beach with wife and her sisters and brother, and to keep from being driven nuts by four large people who never leave the house except to shop he's begun renting a bike for beach week. He started last year and says it's keeping him sane; they don't try to tag along and aren't interested in his hobby.

Milton Keynes

It really depends on the vacation. If we're camping somewhere, some times I'll put my bike in the back of the truck while we're loading up and hooking up the camper. But if it's not camping, chances are I won't be riding. I don't have a bike rack for our vehicles, and I'm the only serious cyclist in our family.

Leinster

I try to get in a bike ride on most trips, but it’s difficult with 3 kids, and the older 2 (6 yr old twins) are not enjoying cycling right now. I’m trying not to over-pressure them into bike riding, so it’s a difficult balancing act. Our most recent holiday was to visit my parents, so we had sitters for a couple of riding days, but we obviously don’t have that everywhere we go.

Airfehr

I just brought two bikes on a bike vacation. Spring ski trips I will bring skis and a bike. Love riding from hot spring to hot spring after a morning of skiing at Mammoth. If the vacation is riding a motorcycle through several states the bicycles stay at home. It's great to have options.

diphthong

if it's regional...say like within a 10 hour drive (and it usually is), definitely. from san diego, that allows me to hit north of the san francisco bay area,
yosemite/ eastern sierras/ lake tahoe, vegas/death valley np, zion np, provo, bryce canyon np, north rim of grand canyon np (highly highly underrated), flagstaff, sedona,
south rim of grand canyon np, tucson, phoenix and new mexico such as el malpais nm, silver city or las cruces. plenty of places in between that 0-10 hours of driving
one way to break up the drive (there or back) that aren't exactly horrible for cycling road or dirt.

sure...it's faster to fly to some of those places...but not after you factor in rental cars, retrieving luggage, breaking down/boxing/unboxing/reconstituting/redialing in the bike,
connecting flights/applicable driving and being tied into someone else's schedule.

Lazyass

In April during spring break I spent a weekend in a cabin in Boone, NC with my daughter and four little grandkids. I brought my MTB because I've dreamed of riding the trails there. Two of my grandkids got sick and because of that whole deal I could never get away to ride. I'm still bummed.

BookFinder 

"Do you bike on vacation?" It depends.

Beach country is fairly flat, so we take ours if going to the coast.

But if heading to the mountains, no. The risks are greater in the event of a fall at our age, and the risk of a crash is greater when dealing with hills.Especially a downhill where speed on an unfamiliar route might create issues.

Something like 75% of senior adults who fall and break a major bone die within a year. Yes, life is at times unpleasant, but I do prefer it to the alternative.

indyfabz

Redux of my 2019 post in this thread.

rsbob 

How ‘senior’ are we talking? 70+,80+? I am 66 and still bomb the hills like I did in my 30s.

BookFinder 

Senior enough to have concluded the position as noted above.

And good on 'ya for bombing those hills. Stay with it as long as you can.

TK LP

I don’t leave home without it.

billnuke1 

When I don’t, I wish I did…

Flip Flop Rider

if possible yes

prj71

I bike all the time locally. When I go on vacation I fish or hike.

WhyFi

This is why I bring my bike along when we visit the in-laws. A week or more with retirees and/or generally lazy folks drives me up the wall.

thumpism 

The statistic I heard recently about that was specifically for a broken hip, and I guess they don't get much major-er.

EviLDORK

I'd fly more often if it were easier to have a decent bicycle for me at the destination. I feel stranded when I'm stuck anywhere without a bike, and spinning a stationary trainer in the hotel doesn't make me feel any less trapped.

bblair

When possible. After a few days of a big family vacation, I need some time off. Smokey Mtns, Seattle, Upstate NY and as we speak, Raleigh, NC. I can only chase a 2 year old for so long.....I'll be back for lunch.