Global Sports: City Bike Networks Can Become Useful

Sunday, March 24, 2013

City Bike Networks Can Become Useful

By Rob Sutter


I'm not the kind of person who will constantly tout the importance of physical activity because I've been known to slack on that regard. I want to be as strong as possible in terms of activity but sometimes it can be tough when personal life gets in the way. You have responsibilities to uphold and you may be tired by the time you may have wanted to get back into shape. Thankfully, it seems like city bike networks can help out in ways that normal workouts cannot.

It seems like cities have a plentiful amount of people riding bikes from place to place and I have to respect their abilities to do so. However, I can't help but feel badly for them, since they are almost stuck with the idea of riding amongst heavier vehicles such as trucks and cars. Even though there are physical benefits of utilizing bicycles in comparison, surely there must be safer ways to go about this. For those who may not know about this one method, it can stand to be seen more often.

City bike networks seem to be novel ideas but why is it that they are ignored by many areas? One of the reasons to consider is the potential shortage of people actually going about bike riding. This can change from city to city quite quickly; one area may have an entire demographic that goes with bicycles over motor vehicles while others have fewer numbers of riders. Maybe the latter numbers can grow thanks to the inspiration that companies along the lines of Linus Bike can show.

These networks have proven to be useful in the way of travel and I think that they can help out immensely in terms of working out, too. It's tough for people to go about these sorts of regimens when you consider that they don't have much time in their lives to work out. I want to be able to get the full range of exercise done and while this may be difficult, cycling can be a fine alternative in order to trim down. In addition, it may prove to be most the convenient means of physical activity.

City bikes definitely stand to be used and I think that's because of the good amount of exercise they can potentially see. Not many people are going to have a long trek between work and home, making these simple vehicles ideal in this regard. However, I don't know if everyone across the board is going to want to use them since some will have more time-consuming journeys to the workplace than others. For those who can withstand such distances, this is a workout that shouldn't be ignored.




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