With the success of the Tour De France and the Olympics, its clear that people are far more aware of the sport of cycling. What's not so clear is the shear number of different types of cycling these days for people to take part in.
Cycling comes in many forms, abviously road cycling is the most well known, but theres far more to it than this. Mountain biking is running a close second but even this has lots of different areas to try, whether a gentle ride in the Forest of Dean on the family cycle trails, or all mountain cycling taking riders to some fantastic trails around the area.
Then theres BMX racing, not so well known in Gloucestershire but a very popular family sport in many areas of the country where fascilities have been established.
Other not so well known cycling disiplines are BMX park, 4x, cycle cross, and the list goes on, which just shows the potential cycling could have on our health if fascilities are established.
This couldn't have been better demonstrated back in 1999, when an offroad cycling fascility was setup in a field in Cranham. This simple setup offered a structured venue for hundreds of young and not so young to reolise their abilty to ride a bike and acheive goals they would never have the oportunity to do. The praise the venue recieved from parents, participents was short lived as the venue was closed due to plannng issues but in its short time the number f youngsters that went on to
Cycling comes in many forms, abviously road cycling is the most well known, but theres far more to it than this. Mountain biking is running a close second but even this has lots of different areas to try, whether a gentle ride in the Forest of Dean on the family cycle trails, or all mountain cycling taking riders to some fantastic trails around the area.
Then theres BMX racing, not so well known in Gloucestershire but a very popular family sport in many areas of the country where fascilities have been established.
Other not so well known cycling disiplines are BMX park, 4x, cycle cross, and the list goes on, which just shows the potential cycling could have on our health if fascilities are established.
This couldn't have been better demonstrated back in 1999, when an offroad cycling fascility was setup in a field in Cranham. This simple setup offered a structured venue for hundreds of young and not so young to reolise their abilty to ride a bike and acheive goals they would never have the oportunity to do. The praise the venue recieved from parents, participents was short lived as the venue was closed due to plannng issues but in its short time the number f youngsters that went on to