Statistics show that just one in four UK cyclists is female - but why is this?
Funny creatures us women. We'll drive to the gym and get on a hamster wheel while blotting out the boredom with music. We love cream cakes and chocolate but diet and worry about our shape.
We hate queuing in traffic but willingly join it daily.
My teenage daughter tells me cycling is out' and no one does it, but her lifelong complaint is she's dependent on others for getting about, bus fares are high and walking takes an age.
Dutch teenagers don't see it this way - shapely chic young ladies glide past on their way home from college, but then they ALL cycle everywhere!
What is more unsightly than young women with flab overhanging jeans or bra bulging? And did you know it takes just 20 minutes to cycle four miles and that it uses 100 calories?
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There is a very simple solution that independent minded women have already discovered: you don't have to be a hamster, you can eat what you fancy while keeping a fab-shaped body, you can time your journey to the minute and be independent about when and where you travel and all for free!
Last Saturday, 24 women and girls of all ages and abilities took to their bikes on a national Five Miles To Fabulous bike ride, including Radio Solent's Charlie Crocker, and discovered an easy and relaxed five-mile tour of the city centre, without the need of a motor.
If you missed out, there is still time to become part of the solution - just go to bikeweek.org.uk and join one of the many events on your doorstep..
If you want to look fab and shift the L' from flab, check out going by bike!"
By Dilys Gartside, accredited instructor of CycleWise
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