Health benefits of cycling
Cycling is good for your health
- Riding 20 miles each week can halve your risk of heart disease, the biggest killer in the UK.
- Medical experts describe cycling as 'an ideal form of exercise'
- People who cycle regularly enjoy a fitness level normally found in someone 10 years younger
- The “life years” gained because of these factors vastly outweighs the risk of death or injury from cycling.
- There is three times as much pollution inside a car travelling in slow moving traffic than outside
- Start gently and build your fitness level up gradually
