http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Getting new cyclists to keep going en Sun, 31 May 2026 06:02:38 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=364#post-2884 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:39:03 +0000 SRD 2884@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I suspect I'm just being grumpy today, but I honestly don't see the point to this website. I looked at it when it launched and bought some stuff from the Sustrans website, but have not yet found the website particularly useful. To each their own, I guess. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=364#post-2876 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:40:18 +0000 chdot 2876@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"What every woman needs to know to get out and about by bike."</p> <p><a href="http://www.bikebelles.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bikebelles.org.uk/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=364#post-2805 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:52:56 +0000 chdot 2805@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Shouldn't we be thinking more along the lines of transport rather than sport"</p> <p>Yes</p> <p>I used the word "sporty' to suggest that there may some people who consider themselves fit but still find riding a bike is 'too difficult' (for whatever reason). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=364#post-2796 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:00:56 +0000 Kim 2796@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My <a href="http://kimharding.net/blog/?p=751">thoughts on cycle safety are here</a> (OK that is the spam out of the way). Shouldn't we be thinking more along the lines of transport rather than sport, style over speed, etc for the beginners, once they have the fitness then they can decide if they want to get into the sports side of cycling. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=364#post-2788 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:14:45 +0000 chdot 2788@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=360#post-2784">FROM ANOTHER THREAD</p> <p>'I've got all the right (ie expensive) kit, so I must be able to do it without actually putting in any thought or effort'</a> (@SRD)</p> <p>In some ways it's amazing the number of 'new' cyclists that stick with it.</p> <p>There's the unfamiliar bike to deal with, traffic, rules of the road (maybe better if rider has done a driving test) PLUS the fact that they are unlikely to be 'bike fit' - if even if they are generally/sporty fit, the reality is cycling uses different muscles and requires hands to deal with (probably) unfamiliar brakes/gears. </p>