If you still cannot think why cycling is fun, here are 10 good reasons.

Mountain biking is fun and a great way to get fit. Here is a guide to what you should do if you want to perform at your best.

Regardless of your body shape and size, almost anyone of any age and fitness level can benefit from cycling. It’s low-impact, and the basic skills are easy to master.

You need to be young and fit to consider taking on some of the more extreme mountain bike routes, but anyone who can ride a mountain bike can try riding on untarred roads.

Cardiovascular fitness is important, but not to the same extent as it is in long-distance road cycling.

Every year as a cycling season draws to an end, an athlete usually loses the desire to pack in those heavy training hours.

Arthur Dixon has become the first blind person ever to complete the Coronation Double Century, an arduous cycling event notoriously dubbed the “Comrades of cycling”.