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Cycling Weekly
Cycling Weekly
Sport
James Shrubsall

Safety means almost twice as many boys cycle as girls, groundbreaking report finds

Family bike ride.

A gender gap exists in children's cycling habits according to the first ever Children's Index report by UK walking and cycling charity Sustrans.

Released today the report, sponsored by Halfords, finds that almost twice as many boys than girls cycle five or more times per week – 28% versus 17%. Accordingly, just eight per cent of girls see themselves as someone who cycle often, as opposed to 17% of boys.

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