Cycling Benefits Us

There is no point that we support the anti-cycling trend since cycling will benefit us a lots. We should promote cycling to the public in order to improve the pollution problem of our environment and maintain our body health.

Firstly, it goes without saying that cycling is good for our body and environment. The most influential advantage of cycling is that cycling can help us to maintain our body health. So beneficial it was that it can help us to burns calories in order to improve our fitness. The more we ride our bike the more calories we burn. Under such situation, it manages weight and helps in getting rid of increased waistline and building fat. It further leads to the result that we can live healthily. Moreover, cycling can minimize the risk of coronary heart disease, and treat diabetes and cancer effectively. Essentially an aerobic exercise, it gives our heart, blood vessels and lungs a workout, thereby reducing the risk of heart problems. Therefore, cycling is the best way to maintain our body health.

On the other hand, cycling also helps reduce pollution, such as air pollution and noise pollution. Cycling will not produce noise and waste gas which may lead to global warming, and hence, improve our environment and alleviate the serious pollution problem in Hong Kong. Comparing with motor vehicles and other means of transport, cycling is more healthy. Also, since cycling can be used for the practical purpose of transportation, there is no way to lead to traffic congestion. However, the government think that riding bikes outside the recreational cycleways in the New Territories can be dangerous and there is no any cycleways in inner-city areas.

Finally, apart from the above obvious benefits, there are many other benefits. For example, fellow cyclists can make great friends given the fact that they are sure to have similar thoughts as you do towards protecting the environment and staying healthy. A survey among cyclists reveals that...