If I asked you what the most used method of transport in China is you’d be forgiven for replying “The Bike”. During my adolescence whenever China was mentioned in the classroom we would see hoards of folk clogging the streets on their bicycle. Just like the food in China is nothing like Chinese food the transport system is no longer clogged up with bicycles either.
The profit of China’s advancing economy is generating huge wealth and the price of a car is no longer outside the reach of the ordinary city dweller. Their demand for CO2 producing fuel has in a few short months deposed the USA and they are now the largest polluters on the planet.
As Al Gore’s Live Earth comes to a close it’s obvious that many Americans are ready to shoulder the responsibility for much of the worlds decline and are pledging money to the cause and taking steps to reduce their own pollution.
If the weather annoys you or you live in a location where you would prefer not go out on a bike, get down to your local sports authority and try out one of the new stay in home fitness products. I have a silent Trojan Stamina in the back room in view of a TV. Half an hour a day in the comfort of my own home and it cost less than $200, much lower than the price of the average bicycle.
Whatever your goal, better health, better planet the humble bicycle is the best choice, not only do you improve your fitness, not only do you reduce pollution but you get somewhere too.
John Walker is a self confessed weekend cyclist and authors for Bicycle Parts & Info.
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