The cycle BOOM study is using a wide range of approaches and data to produce a rich and integrated understanding of older people’s cycling. Particular attention is being given to the physical, social and technological circumstances in which older cycling is situated and the significance of cycling for older people’s health and wellbeing. It is… [Read More]
A life of cycling in Oxford
by Kathryn Johnson, cycle BOOM participant. Having cycled from a very young age (see photo below), I wanted to join the cycle BOOM project as it sounded a worthwhile way of encouraging other people to cycle – whatever their age. Photo of me aged about 10 months on my first tricycle Cycling has been a… [Read More]
When the spirits are low, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road……
“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking” ~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The benefits of cycling for fitness and… [Read More]
If you build it…they will come
cycle BOOM has been on tour recently, taking in the cycling sites in Munich, Germany and Seville, Spain. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our host cities and all those who took the time to teach us more about the approaches taken to promoting cycling. One of the key lessons we have… [Read More]
Piloting Cycling Life History Interviews
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards” Kierkegaard. A key aim of the cycle BOOM study is to understand how cycling in mid and later life relates to earlier experiences of cycling and the physical, social and cultural settings within which cycling took place (or did not take place) over… [Read More]
‘Una bici mas’
“One more bicycle” – these three words are the rallying cry for the community cycling campaign group Siclas. I was lucky enough to meet with three of the founder members, during a recent trip to Colombia. Siclas is based in Medellin, a city of 2.5 million people, located in the sub-tropical Antioquia region in northwest… [Read More]
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