Here we are! What are we doing? Why are we doing it?

When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.

~Arthur Conan Doyle

We are a nation that is proud of its cycling, with recent successes in the 2012 Olympics, Tour de France and Road World Championships. A country where a cycling revolution is building; where more and more commuters are choosing to get on their bikes rather than behind the wheel; where even in the largest of cities, a short cycle ride will take you out to the most beautiful of landscapes. Cycling is a mode of transport, a form of leisure, a serious sport, and for many people an easy way to exercise. Cycling cannot be replaced by the motorized vehicle, it is vital in our community to our health, to ease our congested roads and to reduce the impact transport has on the pollution of our planet.

We are a collaboration of Architectural students in Bristol. Cycling City 2008-2011 and Green City 2015 Bristol is a place of opportunity and innovative intervention to lead the rest of the UK and world. There has been a push for cycling in the City of Bristol over the past few years with money being invested into its promotion. Bristol has seen an almost doubling of commuters cycling each day over the past 10 years (16,000 people commute everyday by bicycle in Bristol). However what is next? How do we continue to encourage more and more people to ditch the 4 wheels for the 2? What is it that puts so many people off cycling?