Health & Fitness
Bikes, What Are They Good For?
As we look back on "Bike to Work Week" we should be thinking about bikes' advantages over automobiles for most of the trips we take around town.
Absolutely everything.
"Bike to Work Week" is to bicycle transportation what Christmas is to a religious holiday: a time to go shopping and buy a lot of stuff for your bike.
Just kidding.
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But Bike to Work Week is a time to think seriously about why it is we are putting so much of our time and money into automobiles. I'm not talking about "Bike to the Mississippi Week," or as the Register calls it, RAGBRAI -- although that, and other recreational riding on Iowa's bike trails is a lot of fun.
I'm talking about most of the trips we take every day around whatever Iowa town we live in.
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Biking is cheaper, most often faster, better for our health . . . the list goes on and on. If you want to know the rest of what's on that list take a look by clicking on "Bike to Work, Bike for Life."