A love of cycling can be a personal thing. Some love it for the freedom, some for the personal challenge, and others for the opportunity to make new friends.
We recently asked Cycling Weekly readers what they most loved about cycling, and we present a selection of the answers here, in association with B'Twin.
What do you most love about cycling? Tell us in the comment box below.
For me, it’s timeless freedom. When I am gliding along I am out in the world and in a state of mind I can’t get to in other ways.
Mark Middleton
The striving. Always challenging yourself. Getting stronger. Enjoying pulling the group and being strong. Finding the perfect mix on a flat of cadences and power for long delivered outputs. I love riding my bike!
Scott Landreth
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Exploring. Taking new and different roads and getting to see different aspects of a place. It’s also a great way to sightsee!
Leanne Coulthard
What I love about cycling is its ability to cleanse my head of everything going on in life, good or bad. When I’m in the saddle, it’s all about the ride.
Phil Nunez
A sense of sporting achievement, which is only really limited by yourself. I’m riding 220 miles at the weekend, over two days — something I would never even have thought was possible a few years ago.
Diado Ramirez
Jelly babies.
Allison Budge
Bike building, especially if you build the wheels. The sense of adrenaline and achievement in racing is heightened when you’ve bolted it all together yourself.
Neil Bah
Cycling is meditation on two wheels, taking in everything around you, without the distractions of 21st century life.
Nigel Wynn worked as associate editor on CyclingWeekly.com, he worked almost single-handedly on the Cycling Weekly website in its early days. His passion for cycling, his writing and his creativity, as well as his hard work and dedication, were the original driving force behind the website’s success. Without him, CyclingWeekly.com would certainly not exist on the size and scale that it enjoys today. Nigel sadly passed away, following a brave battle with a cancer-related illness, in 2018. He was a highly valued colleague, and more importantly, an exceptional person to work with - his presence is sorely missed.
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