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modernjess

03-12-13 09:47 AM

..but you already knew this

Bike commuting is good for you.

http://tinyurl.com/cfjeeef

it's preaching to the choir around here I know.

ThermionicScott

03-12-13 10:01 AM

Like! :thumb:

acidfast7

03-12-13 10:03 AM

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only for certain parameters and only with so much commuting time per day.

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=304041

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=304040

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=304039

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=304038

agent pombero

03-12-13 10:05 AM

The reason bicycles are so magical is because they so utilitarian. Combine utility + exercise and you clearly have a win-win situation with bicycle commuting. What other physical activity is like bicycling?

acidfast7

03-12-13 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by agent pombero (Post 15376876)

I used XC skis to get to work in Stockholm.

Sometime I would use a kayak.

makes it quite easy when the uni is in the middle of a forest and next to a lake :D

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=304043

no motor?

03-12-13 10:24 AM

Yes, but this makes it look more official.

caloso

03-12-13 10:38 AM

Duh.

acidfast7

03-12-13 10:50 AM

well, one also needs to consider that the study only looked at Danish people in Copenhagen (or people who lived in Copenhagen and read/wrote Danish).

this is quite a small genetic pool actually.

and FWIW, most riding was flat and on city bikes.

more info: http://www.regionh.dk/fcfs-english/M...Inter99+Study/

spare_wheel

03-12-13 11:00 AM

From the article:

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As a study by Portland State University professor Jennifer Dill in the Journal of Public Health Policy shows, 60 percent of Portland cyclists ride for at least 150 minutes per week (the recommended exercise minimum for adults) and that “nearly all the bicycling was for utilitarian purposes, not exercise.

Every commuter I've met rides for both exercise and utilitarian purposes. And Jennifer Dill is one of those annoying planners who loves to stereotype cyclists. I am strong, confident, enthused, interested but absolutely foffing not fearless.

http://bikeportland.org/2012/07/18/p...cyclists-74938

acidfast7

03-12-13 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by spare_wheel (Post 15377172)

From the article:

Every commuter I've met rides for both exercise and utilitarian purposes. And Jennifer Dill is one of those annoying planners who loves to stereotype cyclists. I am strong, confident, enthused, interested but absolutely foffing not fearless.

http://bikeportland.org/2012/07/18/p...cyclists-74938

I would say that most people over here, including those in actually cited in the study, ride for utilitarian purposes only. Especially those in Denmark (where the study took place.)

spare_wheel

03-14-13 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by acidfast7 (Post 15377193)

ride for utilitarian purposes only

i was clearly referring to my experience in pdx, not denmark. moreover, the idea that most commuters have only one single motivation for cycling is silly.

from the danish tourist bureau:

http://denmark.dk/en/meet-the-danes/ninetips/

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You’ll get faster from A to B and...it also helps with getting exercise.

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