How to Make a Cyclist: Tips for Getting People Riding

Last spring, we issued a challenge to Bicycling readers: By the end of the summer, get one person on a bike. The rules of #GetSomeoneRiding were simple: Find a noncyclist. Pick a riding goal. Change someone’s life (maybe your own).

NBD, right?

(It's never too late to join in—share our Get Someone Riding Starter Pack with a friend today!)

Riders from around the world took up the call. #NewBikeDays dawned. Flats were fixed. Finish lines were crossed. (Disclosure: At least one relationship hit the skids—but both parties’ passion for cycling endured.) Lots more people fell in love with the freedom a bicycle brings, and many of them wasted no time passing it on. Here’s what they learned.