100 Words from Kerry

Cycling is so much more than an alternative means of transport. For me, cycling is an escape; it’s a way of getting out into the fresh air in the countryside and being able to see and notice things that pass you by when you’re in a car. It’s a simple, inexpensive and pleasurable form of exercise and is something that you can happily do alone or in company. It’s the sense of achievement when you reach the top of a very big hill and the feeling of exhilaration as you fly back down the other side of the hill!

Italian
La bicicletta è molto pìu d’un mezzo alternativo di trasporto. Per me il ciclismo è una possibilità di fuga; è un modo di uscire alll'aria aperta nella campagna e d’avere la possibilità di vedere e notare le cose che spesso non si nota dalla macchina. Si tratta di una forma d’esercizio semplice, poco costosa e divertente ed è qualcosa che si puo fare tranquillamente da solo o in compagnia. È il senso di realizzazione quando si raggiunge la sommità di una collina grande, seguito da la sensazione di euforia mentre si vola giu dell’altra parte della collina!

Spanish
El ciclismo es mucho más que un medio alternativo de transporte. Para mí el ciclismo es una vía de escapar; es la oportunidad de salir al aire libre en el campo y ser capaz de ver y observer cosas de que no se dan cuenta cuando estás en un coche. Es una forma sencilla, económico y agradable de ejercicio y es algo que se puede hacer por su cuenta o en companía. Es la sensacíon de logro cuando se llega in cima de un cerro grande y la sentimiento de euforia mientras se vuela de vuelta al otro lado de la colina!

100 Words from Purva

The word for Cycle in Gujarati = divya chakari vaahan

I use to cycle to school when I was young (in India) and then as we grew up we started using motorbikes and cars. When I came to UK , I started using more of public transport (buses) , but when I tried the cycling again , it changed the meaning of life for me – it was as if I have learnt to live all over again.

Cycling for me = Refreshing (stress reliving) and Exercise (and fresh air)

100 Words from Danie

Monday.
Sleepy and grumpy, sweating and standing up – your feet hurt, your weekend’s over and it’s another week of cattletrucking your wobblesome arse to work.
Sod that.
Biking may take a little extra effort. But you’re free, you’re fit, you’re playing dodgems with the traffic and you’re winning. Bike under you, you’re faster than the train, muscles pumping, and you’re AWAKE.
Enjoy the road and the early morning sun; never be sleepy in that 9:00am meeting. Commuting by bike is the single best-work related decision you’ll ever make.
Just one thing…
Friday? Don’t take the bike to the pub.

100 Words from Maarten

Toen we mijn oud-tante weer eens bezochten in haar flat te Epe (ze was toen 95 jaar oud) vertelde ze me dat ik haar fiets mee kon nemen naar Engeland, want mijn vader had haar verteld dat zij er niet meer op mocht rijden. Die ging dus mee op het dak van de auto. Toen we bij de tunnel aankwamen reden we onder een maximum hoogte hek door en verloren de fiets, die we hadden vergeten. We probeerden toen op de fiets de tunneltrein in te gaan, maar dat werd niet toegestaan. De fiets was al 60 jaar en onbeschadigd.


When we visited my great aunt in her apartment in Epe, Holland (at the time she was 95 years old) she told me that I could take her bicycle to England. My father had prohibited her from riding it any longer. When we arrived at a maximum headroom sign at the Channel Tunnel, we had forgotten the bike was on the roof of the car. When the bike came off we tried to ride it onto train but that was not allowed. The bike was already 60 years old and not damaged. Any conversation afterwards she always mentioned missing cycling.