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Almost twice as many boys cycle than girls, according to new study (www.bikeradar.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

It's an interesting point, but with no actual analysis into why girls are less likely to ride than boys, given that all of the key take-aways are made up of non-gendered responses.

I think the biggest issues for cycling in the UK are

  • The state of the roads
  • The lack of cycle paths (and their condition when they do exist and aren't just cycles painted on the road
  • The attitudes of drivers
  • Parents not encouraging kids to ride more because of the above issues

Blissfully I learned to cycle in the 90s when road quality was better and the road weren't as clogged. As a result I'm a confident cyclist even now. My nieces and nephews aren't as lucky; the roads the live near are potholed, and traversed by cars which have gotten unbelievably big.