Just like the pro teams, instead of lugging baggage and baby with you, if you have helpful parents or friends, the support car tour is an option. We rode across the south of France with one person in charge of the car and baby, while the others hit the road.

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The benefits of this style of tour are that you can bring more gear with you, you can attack those steep climbs that would be near impossible with a 20kg trailer with baby hitched onto your bike, and you can cover much greater distances each day.

The downside is that you need to be well coordinated to meet the car, and baby may not be too keen on being in the car all day.

While having all you could need in the car is a bonus, the joy of riding into a medieval city centre for lunch, or stopping in a beautiful spot for a picnic, are not as easily managed when you have a support car.

If you have problems or can’t reach the meet up point, you need to be able to contact the car. This may sound easy, but flat batteries on mobile phones can derail best laid plans.