Health Benefits

Cycling is good for you

Cycling not only gets you to get from A to B. When you do it regularly, it provides a wide range of health benefits - from protecting you against health problems and improving your general fitness to lifting your mood and helping with weight loss.

Did you know...?

• You can travel 3 times faster on a bike than you can walk, for the same amount of energy.
• New cyclists covering short distances can reduce their risk of heart disease by as much as 22 per cent.*
• A 15 minute bike ride to and from work, 5 times a week, burns off the equivalent of 11 pounds of fat in a year.
• Cycling burns the energy from a chocolate bar or a couple of alcoholic drinks in an hour.
• Regular, moderate exercise, like cycling, has been found to reduce levels of depression and stress, improve mood and raise self-esteem.
• Cycling can help to maintain strength and co-ordination.
• Statistics show that moderate cyclists increase their life-span by 2-3 years when they incorporate cycling into their daily lives.**

* DoT Study
** Cavill Associates, Health Promotion Consultants