[DaveW]

Americans learn bikes cut costs and improve fitness

At a time of soaring petrol prices, expanding waistlines, and growing worry over climate change, more Americans are getting on their bikes.

American cities including Portland, Oregon, Louisville, Kentucky, and Washington DC are aggressively promoting bicycling as a clean, efficient and healthy means of transport, and many of their citizens are taking to two wheels for short urban journeys.

We just need to spread our personal lifestyle disease a bit more though. irate2:

 

[zahgurim]

"short urban journeys"?

Is that Merican for 'going to McDonalds', or 'going to Krispy Kreme'?

 

[LOOnatic]

"short urban journeys"?

Is that Merican for 'going to McDonalds', or 'going to Krispy Kreme'?

lol.....both

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Yanks spot stormy petrol.

 

[LordOpie]

I wish my town advocated cycling, even a little

 

[DaveW]

Mind you cycle commuting is not without it's problems.....