I am so much healthier since I started biking every day that I can. This study shows how and why. Also good fodder when folks are like why bike to work?
Holiday lights also make for a beautiful night time ride.
by Pleasant_Influence14
I am so much healthier since I started biking every day that I can. This study shows how and why. Also good fodder when folks are like why bike to work?
Holiday lights also make for a beautiful night time ride.
by Pleasant_Influence14
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Damn, that headline threw me off.
Mostly because you don’t want to off yourself from the bloody car commute.
“This found that compared with sedentary commuting, commuting to work or study by bike was associated with lower all-cause mortality risk, lower risk of any hospitalization, lower risk of cardiovascular disease, lower risk of cancer mortality and better mental health.”
Timely and effective way to perform regular exercise.
I mean, bikes are a money printing fountain of youth.
Also a great article. I liked how it brought in other studies of biking and health.
Very cool but note that this is still correlational not causative. Verbs like “halved” are ambiguous in this regard, They did control for other factors with a large sample, so it seems to be a real association.
I was shocked to read this. Then I realized that they didn’t mean halves chance of early death from being hit by a car…
This doesn’t apply to people in Toronto
OP, you have a beautiful house.
Yeah I’m a South Asian male and my dad died of a heart attack. I’m pretty certain that barring some intervening event that’ll be how I go too. The cycle commuting helps my odds, or at least gives me more time before the inevitable happens. That’s also what I tell people when they ask if I’m worried about the dangers of sharing roads with cars.
Going back to wfh i actually kind of miss my bike commute. Gotta start just baking in a 30 min ride after I drop my kids off before my day starts and another at the end of the day.
But I guess that’s not really commuting, that’s just excercise lol
The irony here is that first responders hate improvements in cycling infrastructure, regularly coming out against it noting that it reduces response times, putting peoples lives at risk where seconds matter (heart attacks, etc.). If people can live longer, healthier lives, isn’t the trade-off of longer response times in that final moment of need worth it? Or is it better to stay in our cars, and have immediate, on-demand care, even if it means dying 5 years earlier? (I can guess what folks here will say, I’m just a bit shocked whenever I hear this anti-bike argument)
Unless you’re hit and killed by a carbrain
I’m wondering how many days of commuting is needed to make this difference. I’m assuming that this is essentially tracking the mortality rate for people who meet recommended exercise amounts, and those who don’t. I only commute 2-3 times a week and it’s about 4 miles one way. Surely it’s having some benefit but not as much.
I can’t find a link to the article?