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Sometimes you try to help somebody get into cycling (buy girlfriend a bike, fix up a friend's bike, give a bike to family, help friend shop for bike) and they never really get into it and fall back into the previous non-cycling habits.

Other times you do even less work and it "takes" and they get into cycling and stick with it.

It's not clear to me why some attempts succeed and others fail.

What have you found worked to get somebody into cycling? What have you seen work with others? What worked to get you into cycling? What techniques from other areas have you seen work that you think could work with cycling?

In my experience, a good first step is simply setting a good example, but we're looking for more than just that.

This started as a rewrite of What tactics other than 'setting an example' successfully encourage friends/family/others to become cyclists? discussed at How can this question be improved?

Sometimes you try to help somebody get into cycling (buy girlfriend a bike, fix up a friend's bike, give a bike to family, help friend shop for bike) and they never really get into it and fall back into the previous non-cycling habits.

Other times you do even less work and it "takes" and they get into cycling and stick with it.

It's not clear to me why some attempts succeed and others fail.

What have you found worked to get somebody into cycling? What have you seen work with others? What worked to get you into cycling? What techniques from other areas have you seen work that you think could work with cycling?

In my experience, a good first step is simply setting a good example, but we're looking for more than just that.

This started as a rewrite of What tactics other than 'setting an example' successfully encourage friends/family/others to become cyclists? discussed at How can this question be improved?

Sometimes you try to help somebody get into cycling (buy girlfriend a bike, fix up a friend's bike, give a bike to family, help friend shop for bike) and they never really get into it and fall back into the previous non-cycling habits.

Other times you do even less work and it "takes" and they get into cycling and stick with it.

It's not clear to me why some attempts succeed and others fail.

What have you found worked to get somebody into cycling? What have you seen work with others? What worked to get you into cycling? What techniques from other areas have you seen work that you think could work with cycling?

In my experience, a good first step is simply setting a good example, but we're looking for more than just that.

This started as a rewrite of What tactics other than 'setting an example' successfully encourage friends/family/others to become cyclists? discussed at http://meta.bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/319/how-can-this-question-be-improved

Sometimes you try to help somebody get into cycling (buy girlfriend a bike, fix up a friend's bike, give a bike to family, help friend shop for bike) and they never really get into it and fall back into the previous non-cycling habits.

Other times you do even less work and it "takes" and they get into cycling and stick with it.

It's not clear to me why some attempts succeed and others fail.

What have you found worked to get somebody into cycling? What have you seen work with others? What worked to get you into cycling? What techniques from other areas have you seen work that you think could work with cycling?

In my experience, a good first step is simply setting a good example, but we're looking for more than just that.

This started as a rewrite of What tactics other than 'setting an example' successfully encourage friends/family/others to become cyclists? discussed at How can this question be improved?