It’s Just Like Riding a Bike

How old were you when you learnt to ride a bike? Perhaps, like many of the adults we support at Moredon Sporting Hub, you never got the opportunity to learn to ride as a child. Well it’s never too late to learn! And for any “rusty riders”, as the saying goes, “It’s just like riding a bike”. Once you have learnt, you may be a little wobbly to start with, but you don’t forget this life skill.  

Thanks to funding from the National Lottery we are able to run sessions for adults at Moredon Sporting Hub to help them learn to ride a bike. This dedicated facility has a wide, traffic-free, tarmacked track, with bikes and helmets available to borrow. On Tuesdays’, between 11:00 and 12:00, we run a session focused on teaching women to ride a bike and develop confidence on two wheels. Sessions are led by female instructors and volunteers in a friendly and supportive environment. We also run a session for older children and adults (of all genders) on Saturday afternoons, between 15:00 and 16:00, this is focused on helping people to learn to ride.

Since July 2024 we’ve taught over 25 adults to ride a bike as part of these sessions, and helped a further 20 develop their confidence again after a long break from cycling. This is what Bianca, aged 55, had to say about learning to ride:

” Cycling has become my new hobby. I couldn’t ride before but now I can. Soon I will be riding to work and college which will save me walking time and bus money!” 

During the February school holidays we’ll be running more sessions to help children between 4 and 12 years old learn to ride and develop the skills to cycle confidently. These are planned for Tuesday 18^th and Wednesday 19^th February, and will be bookable via the Moredon Sporting Hub website. Bikes and helmets are available to borrow if required. We’ll be running a SEN- specific learn to ride session to help children with additional needs learn to ride a two-wheeled bike, we can also help with inclusive learn to ride at our Limitless Kid’s and family sessions every Saturday between 14:00 and 15:00.

To find out more about these cycling sessions and other cycling sessions at Moredon Sporting Hub see: https://centralswindonnorth-pc.gov.uk/moredon-sporting-hub/cycling/ or for any enquiries, please get in touch with me at rebeccacox@britishcycling.org.uk