I would suggest that it would be very “courageous” * to plan an Earth-Mars cycler (or asteroids, venus, whatever) without doing an Earth-Moon one first. That’s exactly the sort of thing you want to do ...

The Aldrin Mars Cycler —which would be used to colonize the solar system, ... When the Cycler exits Earth’s orbit, it would be moving at a constant speed of 4,971 mph.

But in order to match speeds with a cycler, you have to put yourself into a cycler trajectory, which is pretty close to just a regular transfer orbit. Where it saves you fuel is not in the delta-V ...

A Tow Truck for Mars. At its core, LightShip is designed to serve as a reusable spacecraft that can transport cargo, including scientific instruments, between Earth and Mars.Once its cargo is ...