He hasn't tried using the bike off-road, but said mountain biking with his outdoor class at Te Araheke Mountain Bike Park near Lake Wiritoa was fun.
He has found you have to be more careful on a bike. He'll get off at the Alma Rd roundabout, for example, where the cycle lane becomes a footpath then reverts to a cycle lane.
There aren't too many others with bicycles in the racks at his Whanganui City College, but he doesn't mind. He doesn't have to pay for petrol or make exhaust fumes, and bicyles are easier to fix than cars.
"It gets you from A to B faster and it's good exercise and it's fun," he said.