A/Prof Chris Rissel is Director of the Health Promotion Service in the Sydney South West Area Health Service.  The Area Health Service has an active program of encouraging cycling. This includes cycling skills courses, development of maps highlighting cycling routes, organised community rides, a bike pool, and the development of cycling resources. Cycling is a good strategy to increase the proportion of the population who are sufficiently physically active, which also helps with the prevention and management of overweight and obesity.