San Antonio Road Biking

A great beginner route for road biking suitable for families is the Mission Hike and Bike Trail south of downtown San Antonio.

Bike Paths: 

San Antonio Missions Hike and Bike Trail

San Antonio is famous for the Alamo, but the city also has four other Spanish missions, all in much less urban settings south of the Alamo and downtown San Antonio.

You can certainly drive between all four of the missions - Concepcion, San Jose, San Juan, and Espada, but you can just as easily bike between them.

The Mission trail is about a 15 mile round trip if you do all four missions - if you want to make it shorter for a family trip, cut out Mission Concepcion, because that mission requires some bike lanes on city streets.

15.00miles
Bike Rental: 
You can rent bikes at Blue Star Brewery - http://www.bluestarbrewing.com/bikes/index.html - for the Mission Hike and Bike Trail they rent Electra Townies, for road biking they rent Cinelli roadies.