CASE STUDY
Mar 11, 2021
4 minutes
GEORGE POOLE: ‘MY DIY GRAND TOUR DID THE TRIK’
University student George Poole, 20, from Clitheroe, Lancashire, found that less academic work left him with far more riding time:
“Prior to 2020, the most miles I had done in a year was 1,940 and I was a weekend cyclist who commuted to school in the week. Lockdown changed all of this, allowing me the free time to commit more to cycling than I ever had done.
“We were sent home from university just prior to the government’s first lockdown announcement, and the teaching reduced as lecturers scrambled to figure out what was next. As a result, my cycling increased two-fold through April. The roads were empty and the sun
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