At Cycling Solutions we believe that there are so
many benefits to riding your bike for fun, for fitness
and for function as a serious method of transport
that you'd be daft not to do it.
Our over-arching aim is to promote cycling in all
its forms via training at all ages, by providing
advice and consultancy to businesses and local
government and, perhaps most importantly, through showing
by example how it can be done.
We are the the UK's largest
schools training providers and we are now able to set up training in ANY AREA OF THE UK - get in touch and we'll discuss exactly how we can help you.
Our current major delivery areas are Merseyside and County Durham. This year we'll be offering training to 19,000 primary and secondary school pupils.
We are a Community Interest Company (CIC).
This means that our profits must be fed back into related
projects and schemes, for example by providing access to
cycling to those who want to cycle but might otherwise not
be able to afford it.
There are three basic reasons why we cycle and why we believe
you should too:
- Cycling is, quite simply, one of the best forms of
exercise you can do. It helps improve your fitness
and maintain a healthy heart, can help with weight loss
and maintenance, lower stress, reduce the risk of stroke
and even help strengthen breathing for asthmatics.
- Compared to the cost of a car it's almost free.
Once you've bought a bike (less than 5% of the cost of
a new car) it needs no petrol, you pay no road tax, and
the cost of maintaining a bike is very small.
- It's extremely environmentally friendly - no
exhaust fumes for one thing, and for the same environmental
impact of manufacturing a single car several thousand
bikes can be made instead.
There are a few other less obvious reasons too. For example,
did you know that in urban environments a bike is usually
quicker than any other form of transport for journeys of
3 miles or less?
