While more people are taking advantage of the quieter streets and freedom of riding their bikes outside, there is a simultaneous boom happening indoors. | Sarah Berry
. According to AusPlay research, it is the one sport where the participation increase is made up of similar numbers of men and women.
Nicole Adamson, the GM of participation and advocacy at AusCycling, refers to herself as a “bike rider”: “If you ask someone if they’re a ‘cyclist’ a lot of people will only relate if they’re somebody who has a reasonable bike and generally wears Lycra.”Bike riders however can have baskets on their bikes and ride in tracksuit pants, if they so desire: “They’re out on their bikes as a social activity or for fun or fitness… no Lycra necessary.
With more children wanting to ride, families have been provided with an opportunity to get out of the house, to get active together and still meet the restrictions.
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