Mass community cycling events: Who participates and is their behaviour influenced by participation?

Table 1 Pre-event characteristics of mass cycling event online registrants and registrants who completed a post-event survey

	All Online Registrants (N = 5058)		Online Registrants Who Completed Post-Event Survey (N = 918)
Baseline Characteristic	n*	%	n	%
Sex
Male	3654	72.2	603	65.7
Female	1404	27.8	315	34.3
Age Group
16–34 years	1630	32.3	231	25.2
35–49 years	2120	41.9	349	38.0
50–64 years	1107	21.9	307	33.4
65+ years	197	3.9	31	3.4
Self-Rated Cycling Ability
Novice or Beginner	177	4.8	30	3.3
Occasional but Tentative	448	12.3	105	11.4
Occasional but Competent	1446	39.6	323	35.2
Regular Cyclist	1581	43.3	460	50.1
Self-Rated Level of Physical Activity
Much Less Active	13	0.4	3	0.3
Less Active	110	3.3	31	3.4
About the Same	956	28.6	214	23.3
More Active	1614	48.4	468	51.0
Much More Active	645	19.3	202	22.0
Participated in this Cycling Event Before
No	1715	49.2	399	43.5
Yes	1771	50.8	519	56.5

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