Facts and fitness

Cycling is one of the best all-in-one exercises you can do.

Great for getting out and about, perfect for having a fun time with the kids, and it's one of the most natural ways to get the whole family healthy (and smiling too). The proof is in the pedalling...

Burn baby burn

Just twenty minutes of gentle cycling burns up to 100 calories (that's pretty good for sitting down). Plus cycling regularly also raises overall metabolic rate helping you slim faster.

Good for your heart

Cycling improves your heart's strength, efficiency, and even its working life the more you work it. It can protect against heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity and stress too.

Get fit the easy way

Cycling regularly helps build your strength and co-ordination. Cycling boosts aerobic fitness by 11 % after just six weeks of cycling 'short distances' four times a week. It can take you from the third of the population who are the least fit, to the fittest half of the population in just a few months.

Feel real good

Cycling (and aerobic exercise) is proven to help you feel really good too – so do it!

And breathe

Don't worry too much about breathing in car exhausts either - cyclists absorb lower levels of pollutants from traffic fumes than car drivers.