It may have been a cold and snowy January but we've not been scared off our bikes.
Peter Walker heads to the Velodrome in Herne Hill, South London which is now all that remains from the 1948 London Olympics. Over the winter months they have been holding crosscycle races and Peter gives it a go.
We ask what you do while you're cycling and hear from a music enthusiast who built his own on bike stereo system.
Nicole Jackson tells us what happens when she forgot to pack her work clothes in her pannier.
And our literary editor Claire Armitstead talks to Richard Williams, the Guardian's chief sports writer, who guides us through the world of bike books options.
Reading list
Memoir
Matt Seaton: The Escape Artist
History
Graham Robb: The Discovery of France
Geofrrey Wheatcroft: Tour a History of the Tour de France
The Professionals
William Fotheringham: Fallen Angel: The Passion of Fausto Coppi
William Fotheringham: In Search of Tommy Simpson
Richard Moore: In Search of Robert Millar
Richard Moore: Heroes, Villains and Velodromes: Chris Hoy and Britain's Track Cycling Revolution
The amateurs
Jean Bobet: Today We Ride
Fiction
Tim Krabbe: The Rider
