Cycling

Do you remember your excitement when you got your first bike or when you cycled off on your own. You can still enjoy all the pleasures of cycling either for leisure or as a realistic and sustainable means of transport. This page and the following pages give you some information on the benefits of cycling and links to other information elsewhere on cycling.

Cycling for your Health

One of the best forms of exercise and you could do it in your spare time or build it into your busy lifestyle by cycling to work.

• Get active – cycle to work for your health

Cycling to save money

Cycling is so inexpensive compared to a car – from your initial outlay to the day to day running costs. Costs of a car could be 20 or 30 times greater than a bike.

• Comparing the costs

Cycling for the planet

No emissions, little noise, reduced congestion.

• The greener choice (and a little science)
• Advice for employers – promote cycling for your workforce

Useful links

• The Highway Code (motoring section)
• Northern Ireland cycling strategy (PDF, 8.56MB)
• Northern Ireland cycling strategy (Second Report) (PDF, 976kb)
• Belfast by bike (PDF, 3.78MB)
• The Lagan and Lough Cycle Way (PDF, 3.26MB)
• The Comber Greenway (PDF, 2.10MB)
• Local travel map - Derry - Londonderry (PDF, 5.48MB)
• Help with PDF files
• Plan your bike journey - cyclestreets.net website
• Cycle to work scheme - Implementation guidance (Department for Transport website)
• Cyclist.ie website
• Cyclestreets.net website
• Sustrans website
• Our active nation website
• Living streets website
• Northern Ireland weather forecast (MET Office website)