Report and vocabulary
They might not have a wardrobe of Lycra but these racers want to win just as much as their professional counterparts.
A legacy of Britain's summer sporting success is that clubs like these are growing in popularity.
Children as young as two are learning to ride and compete.
It's a far cry from the pressure of the velodrome but even at this age learning to lose is a harsh lesson.
- a wardrobe
all the clothes that someone owns
people who have the same role or job but in a different organisation or context
- a legacy
a situation that has developed as a result of something in the past
- a far cry from
very different from
- a harsh lesson
something that must be learnt but which seems cruel or unkind