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  • 1 in 7 Brits never ridden a bicycle
  • Bunnyhop
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    according to the nice lady on Radio 2 a few moments ago.

    We need to address this.

    Posted 10 years ago
    LadyGresley
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    I did teach lots and lots of people to ride a bike when I was working in Manchester 🙂
    It would appear funding is not available for adult training where I currently live and work 🙁

    Posted 10 years ago
    tmb467
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    Given that 1 in 5 bicycles are stolen then I’d imagine quite a few people haven’t been asked

    Posted 10 years ago
    cookeaa
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    How many have never driven?

    Posted 10 years ago
    vinnyeh
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    Pretty meaningless statistic – about 6% of the population are under 5 and 12% under 9. Cant expect all of those to be able to ride, thats a good chunk for starters.

    Posted 10 years ago
    Malvern Rider
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    And 80% of the sampled group are a funny orange colour/trews too tight or both?

    37% of statistics are damn lies

    Posted 10 years ago
    maxtorque
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    6 out of 7 have never ridden one properly……. 😉

    Posted 10 years ago
    bikeneil
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    according to the nice lady on Radio 2 a few moments ago.

    We need to address this

    Why? Surely it’s up to the individual?

    Posted 10 years ago
    Teetosugars
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    And the average price of a bike was £250 too… 😳

    Posted 10 years ago
    Gribs
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    Why not give it a positive spin? About 85% of Brits have ridden a bike.

    Posted 10 years ago
    sanername
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    I worked with an actress who didn’t know how to ride a bike, play a violin and had never played scrabble. Was a bit of a surprise given that the script called for her to do all three.

    Posted 10 years ago
    Bunnyhop
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    Why? Surely it’s up to the individual?

    Not if you’re a young child. They would have to rely on their parents teaching them to ride, as with most activities.
    Given that we are a nation of winners when it comes to cycling, I thought it was sad.

    Posted 10 years ago
    duntstick
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    25 out of 267 Uk people have never had a huge puss bearing boil on the bum.

    It’s true

    It is written

    Posted 10 years ago
    maccruiskeen
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    I worked with an actress who didn’t know how to ride a bike, play a violin and had never played scrabble. Was a bit of a surprise given that the script called for her to do all three.

    but she’s an actress – she only has to pretend to do all three.

    Pretty meaningless statistic – about 6% of the population are under 5 and 12% under 9. Cant expect all of those to be able to ride, thats a good chunk for starters.

    also a sizable proportion of the population are disabled

    Posted 10 years ago
    seosamh77
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    Boy I work with can’t swim or ride a bike. I gave him a shot of my bike once, was hilarious! :mrgreen:

    I actually reckon its a form of child abuse!

    Posted 10 years ago
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