GET BRITAIN RIDING

Learn from the Pied Piper pedalling persuaders who have the knack of rounding up reluctant riding recruits

Meet the pedalling persuaders who’ve shared their passion for cycling to recruit riders.

It’s their fault’ is one of the more frequent responses when we ask how people got into cycling. A finger is aimed at the person sat alongside – an ‘influencer’ as PR types choose to name anyone who clocks up followers on social media.

But these people really do carry some influence. We’ve tracked down riders who have shared their passion, press-ganging those who were ‘thinking about’ cycling, before setting them off on a life-changing journey… Read their stories and get influencing yourselves!

“WHENEVER WE MET UP SHE’D SUGGEST I GIVE IT A GO. I WAS RELUCTANT AT FIRST. I LIVE IN A CITY AND THE ROADS ARE INTIMIDATING” TAMSIN SLATER, CYCLING CONVERT