Cycling-based prisoner rehab in France

[uforgot]

Cycling is not well-respected in the US, so it doesn't surprise me that the kids you worked with saw the bikes as a potential means of escape as opposed to a real and valid athletic opportunity. Perhaps they would have had a better experience with a basketball or baseball league--sports that kids here understand and aspire to playing.

Thanks for the article, Salsa.

True enough about respecting their athletic opportunities. They had a beautiful outdoor pool and a stable full of horses, and only a handful were interested, and most grew belligerent when forced to participate. (There were trained people for these activities and they were given no choice. They swam, or at least got in the shallow end, and rode horses) I even tried a softball game, and only two or three would play. (I had girls). When the boys played basketball, it usually ended in restraints. yeesh.

If there had been enough employees, the cooperating handful would certainly have gone along with cycling and loved it. Maybe that's the key?

Sorry to ramble. Guess this article was a trigger, hurtling me back to a time and place I wanted to forget!

[Biciclista]

I really enjoyed the article too. Uforgot, sounds like you lost your innocence in that facility.