Benefits of cycling

• Keeps you fit and healthy, and helps reduce stress

• Cycling reduces the risk of serious conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity and the most common form of diabetes.
• One rough calculation suggests that new cyclists covering short distances can reduce their risk of death (mainly due to the reduction of heart disease) by as much as 22 per cent.
• Regular cycling, such as to and from work or school, can be an easy way to achieve the recommended ‘half an hour a day’ of physical activity for health.
  
  
• Lower Travel Costs

• Saves money and you do not have the problem of finding a car parking space - A bicycle can be parked just about anywhere.
• If you are currently buying a bus day ticket for £3.50, changing to cycling could save you over £750 a year based on full time commuting.
• If you travel from within the city boundaries by car, changing to cycling could save you over £200 a year on fuel not to mention reducing vehicle depreciation, tyre wear and additional service costs.
• Bicycles require no road tax, no MOT, no insurance, no licensing, no breakdown recovery services, no fuel bill and, above all, don't emit any pollutants.

• Solution to pollution

• To make a bicycle requires only a fraction of the materials and energy needed to make a car.
• Bicycles produce absolutely no pollution in their use.
• Research indicates that cyclists and pedestrians absorb lower levels of pollutants from traffic fumes than any other road users.
• It is often quicker - In congested areas cycling is often the fastest way to get around.