Pedal Power
I was reading an article sent to me by Dave this morning and at the bottom it had the following interesting facts about cycling.
A cyclist can travel 1,037km (644 miles) on the energy equivalent of one litre of petrol
Regular cycling can make you as fit as someone who is ten years younger
A cyclist consumes 1/50th of the oxygen of a car making the same journey
A twice daily half-hour commute will, over a year, consume the energy equivalent of 24lb of fat
In 1949, 34 per cent of all mechanised journeys were made by bicycle. Fifty years later that figure had fallen to 2 per cent
The rate of serious heart disease for civil servants who cycle 20 miles or more a week is 50 per cent lower than for their sedentary colleagues
Take from http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4673693.ece
