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trebuchet03 · 02-08-2008, 04:38 PM

Depends on distance... A 400 mile trip will take a lot of time, food, etc.

While the 80km average per day equates to $10 per day.... But what are you saving (other than money) VIA bike? Consider current and future health - I know that's hard as it's not exactly tangible... It takes me, at a mostly recreational pace, 20 minutes to go 5 miles... 20 minutes a day of physical activity is the general consensus for getting a significant drop in cardiac risk (around 33% for women IIRC). 60 minutes being best

So lets say that - despite your car usage, you always do at least 20 minutes of bike riding but transportation bike riding can substitute. If 20min = 5 miles... That's 35 miles per week. That means, 35 miles (specifically 5 miles per day) of biking food fuel is already covered to maintain health every week.

Just something to consider

02-08-2008, 04:38 PM	#10 (permalink)
trebuchet03 MechE Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,151 The Miata - '01 Mazda MX-5 Miata Thanks: 0 Thanked 21 Times in 18 Posts	Depends on distance... A 400 mile trip will take a lot of time, food, etc. While the 80km average per day equates to $10 per day.... But what are you saving (other than money) VIA bike? Consider current and future health - I know that's hard as it's not exactly tangible... It takes me, at a mostly recreational pace, 20 minutes to go 5 miles... 20 minutes a day of physical activity is the general consensus for getting a significant drop in cardiac risk (around 33% for women IIRC). 60 minutes being best So lets say that - despite your car usage, you always do at least 20 minutes of bike riding but transportation bike riding can substitute. If 20min = 5 miles... That's 35 miles per week. That means, 35 miles (specifically 5 miles per day) of biking food fuel is already covered to maintain health every week. Just something to consider __________________ Cars have not created a new problem. They merely made more urgent the necessity to solve existing ones.