It's official

[Freds Dad]

but we probably already knew that cycling to work improves your Wellbeing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29175088

 

[Mo1959]

but we probably already knew that cycling to work improves your Wellbeing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29175088

It wouldn't improve my health if I had to walk in these shoes she's wearing. Lol.

 

[Brandane]

but we probably already knew that cycling to work improves your Wellbeing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29175088

Only if you use it to commute, apparently .
Well done the BBC for publishing photos of two cyclists in normal clobber though, rather than the usual full cycling equipment.

 

[jefmcg]

Certainly true in the South East. I had a commute that went via M25 and M1. On Friday evenings I would have to literally curl up on the couch for half an hour to decompress. Any engagement with another human being ended in a huge row.

Only if you use it to commute, apparently .

It doesn't actually look like they found that cycling it good for you, but that driving to work is bad for you.

 

[Brandane]

Certainly true in the South East. I had a commute that went via M25 and M1. On Friday evenings I would have to literally curl up on the couch for half an hour to decompress.

On the other hand, I used to commute 15 miles each way on the A78 between Largs and Greenock. A nice coastal route, normally without too many traffic problems. Fine to drive, but to cycle? I have cycled it, but it's a stressful experience and leaves you a quivering wreck at the end. Narrow with railings one side and high verge the other, and a lot of fast moving traffic.
The alternative route, which I did cycle fairly regularly was much more pleasant on a single track road but involved 1000' of climbing each way.

 

[accountantpete]

Here's proof

 

[Rooster1]

Some car drivers are pitching in with the usual crap...in the Comments....
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245.
Quintessentially Cynical
4 MINUTES AGO
Figures from 2012. Vehicle excise duty £5.9 billion.Petrol duty £1.6 billion.New cars registered 2.03 million – work out your own VAT estimate.Duty on fuel excluding petrol £27.3 billion – extrapolate a portion of that for diesel and LPG vehicles.
Vehicle Insurance Premium Tax and MOT fees – tax from people employed in the car industry and duty from part manufacturers who knows.

Cyclists £?
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[jefmcg]

Some car drivers are pitching in with the usual crap...in the Comments....
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245.
Quintessentially Cynical
4 MINUTES AGO
Figures from 2012. Vehicle excise duty £5.9 billion.Petrol duty £1.6 billion.New cars registered 2.03 million – work out your own VAT estimate.Duty on fuel excluding petrol £27.3 billion – extrapolate a portion of that for diesel and LPG vehicles.
Vehicle Insurance Premium Tax and MOT fees – tax from people employed in the car industry and duty from part manufacturers who knows.

Cyclists £?
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Kind of makes the point doesn't it. All that spending is making him deeply unhappy.

 

[Rooster1]

yep

 

[Accy cyclist]

Are those spd high heels in the reports photo?