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Data were collected from an online structured survey between November 2019 and June 2020. A total of 8614 responses were obtained from 22 countries. The results reveal significant differences in learning age depending on the frequency of physical activity (F(5, 7235) = 35.12, p &lt; 0.001, \u03b7p2 = 0.24). People who engaged in physical activity less than twice a month learned to cycle later (M = 7.5 \u00b1 5.3 years) than people who engaged in physical activity on a daily basis (M = 5.7 \u00b1 2.2 years) (p &lt; 0.001). There were also significant differences in learning age according to birth order (F(2, 3008) = 7.31, p = 0.00, \u03b7p2 = 0.005). Only children had the highest learning age (M = 5.5 \u00b1 2.4 years), whereas those who were born last had the lowest, (M = 5.1 \u00b1 1.9 years) (p = 0.013). 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