Cycling and Wellbeing – cycle BOOM http://www.cycleboom.org Design for lifelong health and wellbeing Mon, 13 Feb 2017 10:41:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.2 “I thought of that while riding my bicycle” http://www.cycleboom.org/thought-riding-bicycle/ http://www.cycleboom.org/thought-riding-bicycle/#respond Fri, 02 Sep 2016 09:56:35 +0000 http://www.cycleboom.org/?p=1967 In this month’s blog, Louise-Ann Leyland, post-doctoral researcher on the cycle BOOM project writes about her recent travels to Brisbane, Australia, to present the findings from the cycle BOOM Wellbeing and Cognition Trials at the prestigious International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology (ICTTP). The Conference was a global forum at which all those involved... [Read More]

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]]> http://www.cycleboom.org/thought-riding-bicycle/feed/ 0 Positive Spin http://www.cycleboom.org/positive-spin/ http://www.cycleboom.org/positive-spin/#respond Thu, 28 Jul 2016 12:40:52 +0000 http://www.cycleboom.org/?p=1877 Cycling for people with dementia may not immediately appear an obvious idea but having heard about the Positive Spin programme run by Cycle Training UK  I was keen to find out more. I arrived in North London in late June, with the weather reflecting the post-Brexit politicking down the hill in Westminster, full of turbulence... [Read More]

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]]> http://www.cycleboom.org/positive-spin/feed/ 0 Life Cycle UK’s Over 55’s Cycling Project http://www.cycleboom.org/life-cycle-uks-55s-cycling-project/ http://www.cycleboom.org/life-cycle-uks-55s-cycling-project/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:40:57 +0000 http://www.cycleboom.org/?p=1752 This month, Poppy Brett, CEO of Life Cycle UK based in Bristol, writes about the organisation’s ‘Over 55’s’ social cycling project to support older cycling and wellbeing. Poppy is also a member of the cycle BOOM Stakeholder Advisory Group. Life Cycle’s mission is to support more people to get cycling, by helping them overcome the barriers that... [Read More]

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]]> http://www.cycleboom.org/life-cycle-uks-55s-cycling-project/feed/ 1 Towards a Policy Agenda to Support Cycling Among Older Adults http://www.cycleboom.org/towards-a-policy-agenda-to-support-cycling-among-older-adults/ http://www.cycleboom.org/towards-a-policy-agenda-to-support-cycling-among-older-adults/#respond Fri, 20 Nov 2015 15:22:23 +0000 http://www.cycleboom.org/?p=1637 In the UK, the drive to boost cycling numbers is an important part of the policy agenda.  There are lots of reasons for this, including moves to encourage people to use more sustainable modes of transport, and concerns about rising levels of obesity. Moreover, as the population ages, there is growing pressure upon public services,... [Read More]

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]]> http://www.cycleboom.org/towards-a-policy-agenda-to-support-cycling-among-older-adults/feed/ 0 “Best thing since they invented the jet engine!” http://www.cycleboom.org/best-thing-since-they-invented-the-jet-engine/ http://www.cycleboom.org/best-thing-since-they-invented-the-jet-engine/#respond Wed, 29 Jul 2015 13:42:17 +0000 http://www.cycleboom.org/?p=1507 This quote came from one of our cycle BOOM participants after he had been riding the Raleigh ‘Motus’ e-bike for a couple of weeks, as part of his 8-week ‘wellbeing and cognition’ cycle trial.  Read on to find our what others on our e-bike trial have been saying. First, a little background on the wellbeing trials;... [Read More]

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]]> http://www.cycleboom.org/best-thing-since-they-invented-the-jet-engine/feed/ 0 Wellbeing and Cognition Cycle Trials http://www.cycleboom.org/wellbeing-and-cognition-cycle-trials/ http://www.cycleboom.org/wellbeing-and-cognition-cycle-trials/#respond Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:31:37 +0000 http://www.cycleboom.org/?p=1398 The first wave of the cycle BOOM wellbeing trial has been very successful, with so far more than 20 participants completing the trial and 10 more to finish in the next month or so. Most of the participants that cycled for an 8-week period on a pedal bike or an electrically assisted (e-)bike indicated that... [Read More]

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]]> http://www.cycleboom.org/wellbeing-and-cognition-cycle-trials/feed/ 0 Amsterdam: sociable cycling, street ballet… and parking problems http://www.cycleboom.org/amsterdam-sociable-cycling-street-ballet-and-parking-problems/ http://www.cycleboom.org/amsterdam-sociable-cycling-street-ballet-and-parking-problems/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:14:40 +0000 http://www.cycleboom.org/?p=1351 At the beginning of March I had the opportunity to return to the Netherlands for the first time in over 20 years. I accompanied an Urban Design field trip organised by the Department of Planning at Oxford Brookes University and had the chance to observe the many people using cycles in Amsterdam – and to... [Read More]

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]]> http://www.cycleboom.org/amsterdam-sociable-cycling-street-ballet-and-parking-problems/feed/ 2 When the spirits are low, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road…… http://www.cycleboom.org/cycling-wellbeing/ http://www.cycleboom.org/cycling-wellbeing/#respond Wed, 30 Jul 2014 12:38:02 +0000 http://www.cycleboom.org/?p=1040 “When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking” ~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The benefits of cycling for fitness and... [Read More]

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