Do you have a question for Davina McCall? Ask her ahead of her Sky Ride and you could win £150 M&S vouchers. ANSWERS BACK

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You may have heard that Davina McCall is supporting Sky Ride this year - a national campaign between Sky and British Cycling encouraging thousands people of all ages and abilities to get on a bike and discover the benefits cycling can offer. In honour of this, we’re offering MNers a chance to post questions for Davina themed around cycling for the whole family.

Davina will also be attending Sky Ride Liverpool on 7 September, one of the many Sky Ride Big Bike events taking place across the UK. These events give thousands of people the chance to enjoy a fun day cycling a traffic-free route through their city or town with friends and family.
Sky has said “Cycling in the UK is more popular than ever with a million more Brits now cycling regularly as a result of Sky’s partnership with British Cycling and as excitement reached fever pitch this summer with the Tour de France visiting the UK, there has never been a better time to be inspired to get on a bike.”

Post your questions to Davina here before 31st August and we will send 20 questions over for her to respond to. We will then post her responses back on the thread on 5th September.

Everyone who adds a question (regardless of whether it's answered or not) will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win £150 vouchers for Marks and Spencer.

This Q&A is sponsored by Sky.

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MNHQ

What could be done to encourage more people to get out of their cars and onto bikes as a means of transport and not just as sport?

I haven't ridden a bike in years now! Since I was a kid, really. Now I have a son - who's nearly 2 - I would love to hire a bike and go for bike rides with him in a seat attached to my bike - just until I get the hang of it and then I might get my own bike with child seat eventually!

Do you have any advice to someone like me who hasn't ridden a bike in a while who wants to take to the cycle paths and who may lack a bit of confidence?

Before, I rode with my dad leading the way, now I'm the parent and the one in control and responsible, what do I need to know before getting on my bike about road safety and the rules of the road as they apply to cyclists? I'm not even a driver and cycling on the road makes me feel nervous and I would appreciate any advice you can give me and anyone else in a position like me!

Do you think the Tour of France being in Yorkshire has motivated people to take up cycling or was it just something fun to watch while it was here?

How do you manage to fit in your training schedule with children, do you have any tips for remaining motivated and dedicating time to training or any foods/vitamins which boost energy?

What do you wear for cycling? Any recommendations for clothing for someone who is not your average size 8/10 as most manufacturers of cycle clothing seem to assume we are? I'm a 16 and struggle to get cycle clothing to fit.

What's the best way of transporting bikes on a car? DH has bought a contraption to fit on the back of the car & it took an hour to attach 2 bikes to it. I don't think I could reach the one you put on the roof. Are the more expensive ones better?

What is your favourite energy giving snack that you take with you on a long bike ride?

How do you keep going when you have reached 'the wall'?
What do you do that keeps you going when your body is telling you to stop? How much is physical and how much of it is mental?

Thank you

What sort of bike would you start out with? Coming from a none cycler?!

What's your best ever time saving life-hack, the one you wheel out in your slummymimmiest moments?

Do you think you can ever be too old to learn to ride a bike ?. I've just turned 48 and all my children can ride bikes but I never learned to ride one not even as a child as my parents wouldn't allow me anywhere near a bike as they thought it was too dangerous!

My son learnt to ride a bike at primary school, and was riding round his city at a young age on the great cycle paths provided, and on the road.

I asked him not to, after a cyclist was killed near us, on an established cycle path.

I would love him to cycle in the city again (he still does in the country) but I am too scared.

What do you think would help cyclists in cities be safe?

As a child I didn't learn to ride a bike (thanks to an overprotective mum!!) but it looks like fun. Do you have any tips for a complete novice on how to master the art? (Make that a short, fat, 40 year old novice who's embarrassed by her lack of cycling skills, but would still like to give it a go as long as no-one can see her!!)

How do you motivate yourself to exercise? I find it a chore and boring. How do you find fun in it?

The government have recently given a big push on sports in education and continues to state how important it is, however recently in the new curriculum PE curriculum there is less set out to achieve. What forms of activities and skills do you think teachers/schools should encourage and would make sport more exciting for children?

You have a good figure. What is your keep fit regime?

What is your top tip to get the kids cycling with you?

Do you have any advice on maintaining a family/work life balance and including exercise within this?

What type of bike would you recommend for an adult and child between the bike types of mountain, racing or hybrid ?

are carbohydtrates really bad for you?

How do you balance what your children want to eat with things that are healthy?

How can I overcome my fear and let the children out on their bikes when all the people I know who cycle regularly have been hit by a car at least once?

i had my bike stolen from my moms garden and the insurance was saying as it was not locked at the time they cannot payout!!is there anything i can do it was in her back garden behind a locked gate in a shed and police was informed and give me a crime number etc but insurance being totally unreasonable any advice would be great!

If you could cycle anywhere in the world with one person, who would you take, where would you go and why?

Have you hurt yourself cycling so far and does the danger worry you?