title: Predictors of cycling in college students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To (1) assess cycling-related questions that have been added to the electronic version of the American College Health Association National College Health Assessment II (ACHA-NCHA), (2) examine cycling prevalence, and (3) identify predictors of cycling in college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Predominately female (69%), undergraduate (89%), and white (85%) students (N = 949) from a large, urban, northwestern, bicycle-friendly university completed the electronic version of the ACHA-NCHA II.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty cycling-related questions were added to the ACHA-NCHA II and a subsample of questions was analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cycling questions added to the ACHA-NCHA II scale were reliable and valid, based on the psychometric data analysis. More than half (59%) of this sample cycled; of those, 58% cycled for transportation and 44% for recreation. Facilitators and barriers to cycling were different for cycling in general and cycling for transportation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cycling questions added to the ACHA-NCHA II can be utilized to enhance knowledge relative to cycling on college campuses.
authors.affiliation: College of Education, Health and Human Development, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA. lynda.ransdell@montana.edu
authors.forename: Lynda B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Ransdell
authors.forename: Susan G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wuerzer
authors.forename: Ka Man
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Leung
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001642:Bicycling / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014186:Transportation / Q000379:methods*; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult