Cycling is a great way to get around. Quicker than walking, less sweaty than running and saves plenty of CO2 versus driving. And as a bonus bikes can zip through traffic, go to nice places where cars don't stand a chance, like the beach, and help you shed loads of pounds whilst saving you shedloads of pounds on parking.
- Everything you could possibly want to know about cycling: Bikeforall.net, and have a look at these great tips on buying a second-hand bike.
- One way of keeping your bike safe from thieving eyes is to fold it up and take it with you. Check out this guide to folding bikes and get some snazzy ones at foldingbikes.co.uk.
- Cycling is a good way of getting to know your local area. Check out local cycle route maps like this in London, or the Big Apple.
- And if you're not used to it, or just like a natter, get yourself a cycling partner.
- Read how this Seattle couple swapped their cars for bikes, and headed on a journey of self-discovery. And this young man will be discovering all sorts of things on his unusual cycling odyssey. Like brakes are generally good things, and whoever invented wheels that big might have been over-compensating.
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Here's a thing... 600,000 Britons already cycle to work. As well as living longer, together they save the same amount of CO2 every quarter of an hour as one car would produce driving around the world, and they get to work faster too. On average cyclists travel at 12-15mph, double the speed of a city car in cross town traffic.
