Cycling

Cycling participation overview

Recreational cycling is the 5^th most popular activity that women take part in at least once a week.

The proportion of women cycling has continued to decline over the past few years. Almost two thirds of women have dropped out of cycling by the age of 20. Although there is a slight revival of interest in their mid-20s, it is not until women reach their mid-50s do participation rates reach the same lows as seen for women in their early 20s.

Cycling is the second highest in demand sport among women: 416,000 women want to do more.

Key links:

British Cycling

About WSFF

The Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation (WSFF) is the UK charity that campaigns to make physical activity an everyday part of life for women and girls. Our aim is to create a nation of active women.

To make being active more attractive for women and girls we do three things:

Help - we help sport and fitness organisations understand what women want.
Inspire - we inspire women to take part.
Persuade - we campaign to persuade policy makers that having more active women will benefit all of us.