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[Closed] 1 in 7 Brits never ridden a bicycle

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according to the nice lady on Radio 2 a few moments ago.

We need to address this.


 
Posted : 25/04/2014 5:35 pm
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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 : 25/04/2014 5:38 pm
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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 : 25/04/2014 5:40 pm
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How many have never driven?


 
Posted : 25/04/2014 5:52 pm
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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 : 25/04/2014 6:26 pm
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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 : 25/04/2014 7:54 pm
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6 out of 7 have never ridden one properly....... 😉


 
Posted : 25/04/2014 7:59 pm
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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 : 25/04/2014 8:05 pm
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And the average price of a bike was £250 too... 😳


 
Posted : 25/04/2014 8:17 pm
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Why not give it a positive spin? About 85% of Brits have ridden a bike.


 
Posted : 25/04/2014 8:28 pm
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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 : 25/04/2014 9:00 pm
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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 : 25/04/2014 9:42 pm
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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 : 25/04/2014 9:52 pm
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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 [i]pretend[/i] 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 : 25/04/2014 10:51 pm
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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 : 25/04/2014 11:29 pm