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Benefits of Cycling; Get Out and Ride

There are many benefits to cycling that many people over look. One of the biggest benefits to cycling is health and fitness. Cycling works your body as if you were doing many exercises at once. You get cardiovascular, weight/resistance training, endurance, and even agility training all in one ride. A one hour bike ride, three or four times a week can greatly improve your physical health.

However, it is important to note that just as your vehicle needs oil and gas to run properly, so do you if you want to cycle. It’s important to eat right and keep up your fluids while you cycle. Otherwise you may find yourself running out of energy and unable to keep going. Cycling without proper nutrition can be dangerous to your health so be sure to fuel up before starting your bike ride.

Having the proper cycling clothing can also keep you healthy and safe while mountain biking, street biking or cycling. With the right cycling gear you can be comfortable while riding, making it easier to ride longer and keeping your body safe from other elements. Proper cycling apparel is made to fit properly and has padding in the right places. The material that bike clothing is made out of is breathable, which allows your body to expel its heat and allows air to flow through to your skin.

Of course, one of the chief benefits of cycling is the cost; it is much less expensive than driving your vehicle. Every time you start your vehicle, it uses gas. Then you move it and it uses even more. A simple trip to the store can cost you a few dollars while riding your bicycle costs nothing. Maintenance on your bicycle is also a lot less expensive than maintenance on your vehicle. Vehicles require regular maintenance, and the more you use it, the faster that maintenance needs to happen. Bicycles need a little oil on the chain and some air in the tire – maybe a bolt tightened here or there.

Cycling can actually save you time. Try a simple test. Drive from your home to your work place directly when there is no traffic. Keep a record of the time and then the next morning, time how long it takes you to drive through rush hour to get to work. Chances are that the time is double or more. Now, when you have some time, ride your bike from home to work and time it. It’s likely less time than it takes you to drive through rush hour traffic.

Cycling also helps the environment by reducing the vehicle emissions that are released into the environment. Cycling whenever you can instead of starting up your vehicle is a benefit to the environment. If everyone in the country rode their bike once a week instead of using their vehicles to go to the store, or one day to work, the world would be able to begin to heal the scars that vehicles have left on its delicate surface and in the atmosphere.

There is a wide variety of cycling apparel that is constructed to make your bike ride much more comfortable. The cycling clothing of today has been reinvented for the modern rider. Bicycle shorts do still have the padding in the seat, but it is hidden in some styles of shorts so that you can’t tell it’s there. There are also cycling jerseys that look like golf shirts and some long sleeve jerseys for days when the air is a little cooler. The cycling clothing of today is wearable in every day life which means you can get off your bicycle and easily walk into the golf club, the office or a store without feeling under dressed or inappropriate.

Consider all the benefits to cycling and hop on yours for one day this week – you’ll be glad you did.

~Ben Anton, 2007
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