CYCLING AROUND CAMBRIDGE

Amongst the incoming students

there is always great variety in the

amount of cycling experience they

have – some have been used to cy-

cling to school at home while

some have never cycled before.

Each year there are those who are

insecureinsecure with cycling or less at

ease cycling on, most likely, the

opposite side of the road. The

good thing is that you get used to

how things work pretty quickly if

you choose to get a bike.

Bike theft is a widespread prob-

lem in Cambridge. New and

shiny-looking bikes attract more

attention and may be quite costly.

To get a good bargain for a second

hand bike, you need to be fast as

there is only a certain limited

numbernumber of bikes resold by gradu-

ates. Also of those only a small

fraction of those will have func-

tioning brakes!

For your first year in Trinity you

will live in central college and

even the more distant departments

are within a 15/20 min walking

distance. Slightly further out are

most university sports venues –

boathouses, the new university

sportssports hall at West Cambridge or