“Cycling isn’t a cure for COVID-19, but it’s an antidote to so many of the challenges related to it.
Alex Strickland, the spokesman for Adventure Cycling Association, credits the surge in the sport to an overwhelming need to feel free in isolated and anxious times. “We’re all looking for that feeling of self-determined travel and need to remember that the world is wide open and wonderful,” he says. “Cycling isn’t a cure for COVID-19, but it’s an antidote to so many of the challenges related to it. It’s socially distant, healthy, and a way to safely expand the bubbles we’re living in.”