Activities

Advantages of the bicycle

The bicycle is a vehicle that is powered by human strength, and is useful for making journeys quite quickly. Many colleagues cycle to work and bring their children to school by bike. Cycling is healthy and environmentally friendly. However, the bicycle is also very suitable for sports. 

Cycling for sport

The cycling season has been over for a while, and now is a good time to look back and to begin looking ahead to the new season. The SPR cycling section consists of a small group of wind and rain-hardened, enthusiastic (i.e. all-weather) cyclists. In the past season they regularly took 60 to 70-kilometre trips through the local area on Sunday mornings. This way they ended up in places where they normally would never have seen.  

Cycling is a wonderful sport, and many fascinating books have been written about it. Who doesn’t want to experience heroic cycling trips through wind and rain and then tell the tales? 

There must be members of the University or Hanze staff who are enthusiastic cyclists already racking up miles on their racing bikes and who would like to try doing so with a group of all sorts of people. You get to know more colleagues and perhaps will make new friends. Why not join us for a ride? The aim is not to ride as fast as possible, like at cycling clubs. Instead it is about the atmosphere and the contacts (as well as fitness, of course). 

The idea is to go cycling together regularly. Planning when, the distance, where to start, etc., can be arranged via e-mail. Now is the time to make plans for the new season, so get in touch soon. 

Let’s hope for an excellent SPR cycling season!

 

Contact spr@rug.nl