SIGN UP BELOW FOR THE "GO BY BIKE" CHALLENGE AND REGISTER TO WIN A TREK 7.2 FX BIKE
Just click on the blue "Pledge To Go By Bike" button.
The solution to some of the your world's biggest problems is right in your garage... It's not your car...it's your BIKE !
KICK THE CAR HABIT...Which of your trips can you "GO BY BIKE" ??
2 MILES OR LESS FACTS: 25% of all trips are made within a mile of home. 40% of all trips are within 2 miles of home, and 50% of the work population commutes 5 miles or less to work.
HEALTH FACTS: The average person loses 13 lbs their first year commuting by bike.
Just 3 hours of bicycling per week can reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke by 50%.
A 140 lb. cyclist burns 508 calories while pedaling 14 miles in an hour.
WORLD FACTS: The US could save 462 million gallons of gasoline a year by increasing cycling from only 1% to only 1.5% of all trips.
Each US rush-hour auto commuter spends an average of 50 hours a year stuck in traffic.
In 2003, cars stalled in traffic washed 5 billion gallons of fuel.
FUTURE FACTS: In 1964, 50% of kids rode to school and the obesity rate was 12%...in 2004, only 3% of kids rode to school and the obesity rate was 45% !
Between 1960 and today, the average weight of a 6-11 year old has increased 11 lbs.
