Cycling certainly seems to be on the increase. There are certainly more bike trails these days but how many people actually cycle regularly in Great Britain?
Well, a 2017 survey by ‘The British Social Attitudes’ found the following figures for adults over the age of 18:
| Average frequency of cycling per person, GB 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| How often? | Percentage | Millions of people (aged 18+) |
| Every day, or nearly every day | 3% | 1.7 |
| 2/5 days a week | 5% | 2.4 |
| Once a week | 4% | 2.0 |
| At least once a month | 6% | 3.1 |
| Less often than once a month | 10% | 5.3 |
| Never nowadays | 71% | 36.2 |
In Wales though:
- About 5% of adults cycled at least once a week in 2016/17, and 3% at least three times a week
Myself, I’m a bit of a fair-weather biker and might cycle once or twice a week in the summer but less than once a month in the winter. I know, shame on me.