{"id":8170,"date":"2018-08-01T20:59:08","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T19:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=8170"},"modified":"2018-08-01T20:59:08","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T19:59:08","slug":"cycling-racing-success-encourage-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=8170","title":{"rendered":"Does cycling racing success encourage cycling?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016-09-14-17.16.481.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016-09-14-17.16.481-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"2016-09-14-17-16-48\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016-09-14-17.16.481-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016-09-14-17.16.481-754x1024.jpg 754w, https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016-09-14-17.16.481.jpg 1685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a>Does cycling racing success encourage cycling in everyday life?\u00a0 This is the question I&#8217;ve been thinking about since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/cycling\/44998961\" target=\"_blank\">Geraint Thomas<\/a> won the tour.\u00a0 It seems to be question that not many people are either thinking about or have an answer to since there does not seem to be any information out there on it.\u00a0 When I say everyday life I mean in crude terms does Geraint&#8217;s win make people make the step of cycling to work or the shops?\u00a0 As opposed to leisure cycling.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to think it does but I&#8217;m not sure.\u00a0 At least with older people.\u00a0 I think his win will encourage many children to have a go at competitive cycling.\u00a0 Most of course will not go onto win the tour or anything like it, but hopefully they will continue to cycle in later life.\u00a0 I started cycling seriously as a teenager (around town), gave it up when I passed my driving test and then took it up again as a student.\u00a0 London &#8211; no helmet &#8211; doesn&#8217;t bear thinking about.\u00a0 So if the Froome&#8217;s and Thomas&#8217;s and Hoy&#8217;s can encourage children to get on their bikes they will be doing us all a favour.<\/p>\n<p>Cycling as a means of transport is on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclinguk.org\/resources\/cycling-uk-cycling-statistics#How%20many%20people%20cycle%20and%20how%20often?\" target=\"_blank\"> gently rising curve<\/a> in the UK but there does not seem to any correlation with our sporting success.\u00a0 Its more to do with lifestyle\/environment\/traffic concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does cycling racing success encourage cycling in everyday life?\u00a0 This is the question I&#8217;ve been thinking about since Geraint Thomas won the tour.\u00a0 It seems to be question that not many people are either thinking about or have an answer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=8170\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,15,13,1],"tags":[133],"class_list":["post-8170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling","category-practical-low-carbon-living","category-transport","category-uncategorized","tag-cycling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Does cycling racing success encourage cycling? 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