"Cycling is for everybody. It's not just for Middle Aged Men in Lycra," says Ms Young, who's on the Cycling Ulster Women's Commission, and is the driving force behind Women on Wheels. "There are ...

Our new research has found that Mamils aren't cycling primarily to relive their youth or prove they can still compete against other men. Instead, their motivations are much more complex ...

"Cycling is for everybody. It's not just for Middle Aged Men in Lycra," says Ms Young, who's on the Cycling Ulster Women's Commission, and is the driving force behind Women on Wheels. "There are ...

The British cycling boom of the last decade has brought a new creature onto the UK’s roads. They can be spotted in both town and country but they’re most commonly seen on a weekend, travelling in ...

Our new research has found that Mamils aren't cycling primarily to relive their youth or prove they can still compete against other men. Instead, their motivations are much more complex ...

Our new research has found that Mamils aren’t cycling primarily to relive their youth or prove they can still compete against other men. Instead, their motivations are much more complex ...

Sir, Nick Abelson (Letters, March 26) and Tyler Brûlé (The Fast Lane, March 12) are, with respect, wrong to think that cycling to work inevitably means that you will arrive a sweaty mess.

Apparently, a third of the 2,000 professionals it polled thought that men over the ... my hobby's about. Cycling has an almost mythical allure and the truth is that Lycra has a big part to play.

The 32-year-old said more needed to be done to persuade people that cycling could be “just a bit of fun” and was not a sport dominated by so-called Mamils (middle-aged men in Lycra).

Women riders, going slower than men, generally suffer most. "What is wrong with cycling at a moderate ... that the fast guys with tight Lycra kit and drop-handlebars and carbon-fibre frames ...

A hotel in New Zealand has banned breakfast and lunch guests from wearing Lycra cycling shorts, as the “bulges on show” are putting off other diners. Staff at the Plough Hotel in Rangiora ...