Living Car Free - Bicycle v. Motor-Car Statistics

Is cycling good for your health. Yes This opinion is based on my personal experience and the observations I have made of other cyclist known to me.The damage is done by the motorist with his poisionous emissions and careless driving.How many cyclist have been killed or maimed by Motor Vehicles.Can someone tell me.How many Motorists have been killed or maimed by Cyclists.Does anybody know?The bicycle is the greatest invention because it is the most energy efficient mchine.No other machine can take credit for energy efficiency on this scale.The saying is Apple a day keeps the doctor a away.If they knew what they know now-The saying will go ride everyday it will keep the hospitals away.Drive everyday and you are sure to enter a hospital oneday.Can somebody tell me the bad side of cycling in relation to one's health.

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As, does. proper; punctuation? AND cApiTALIZation.

All kidding aside, kohinoor, welcome to BF and the Living Car Free sub-forum. Sounds like with your beliefs, you'll fit right in.


Can somebody tell me the bad side of cycling in relation to one's health.

The only thing I can think of at the moment, off the top of my head, is bad knees. Unless you count breathing exhaust fumes.

I read somewhere that people sitting in cars get just as much exposure to exhaust as cyclists do, so that's a win for us.

I read somewhere that people sitting in cars get just as much exposure to exhaust as cyclists do, so that's a win for us.

I read that the "car people" get more exposure, because they're in the middle of the road. I believe this was a British study.

The only thing I can think of at the moment, off the top of my head, is bad knees. Unless you count breathing exhaust fumes.

bad knees, yes. this can be mitigated somewhat by prompt attention to warning signs, but not always completely. here are some more:

- uneven muscular development (big quads, tight hamstrings) together with riding position on upright bikes can mess up your lower back. like mine. can be mitigated by stretching and complementary exercise, but i find my energy budget pretty well maxed out on just biking everywhere.
- impotence. i think this one is way overblown in the press, but i've known a few cyclists who've tried everything but recumbent bikes and still get numb. that's not good.
- if you exercise a lot, you eat more. this doesn't mean you get fat, but it does mean you process more. unless you eat very carefully, eating more will expose you to more of the carcinogens and other goodies that have contaminated the food supply of industrial societies. a lot of that stuff accumulates in the body, so is proportional to intake. also, there is some evidence to suggest that the aging process is keyed as much or more to metabolic rate than to time alone.
- it's a lucky cyclist who hasn't broken bones, strained things, damaged nerves etc. over a couple decades of hard riding.

Good points, tfahrner. I have found cross training to be helpful. Walk instead of ride at least once a week! And if you do weight training, concentrate on those hamstrings, not just the quads and calves you need for riding.