1. No noise. A bicycle moves silently through town. The only sound you hear is when the cyclist whistles a tune.2. No smell. Bicycles don’t reek of petrol. 3. No CO2. If you have to go 5 km to work and you bike instead of drive, you’ll save the environment 300 kg of CO2 emissions a year.4. Lose weight. Cycling is great exercise. A 30 minute cycle ride at a comfortable pace burns off as much fat as swimming the breaststroke. Increase your cycling speed just a bit and it’s the fat-burning equivalent of jogging. 5. Save money. Cycling is incredibly cheap. A few drops of acid-free cycle oil, an occasional new set of tyres – that’s all you need. Forget loans, insurance premiums, motor vehicle tax, petrol costs and parking meters.6. No more queues. No more tailbacks, traffic jams or waiting for the bus or train - and you can zip through even the narrowest city lanes as well.7. Free as a bird. With the wind in your hair and the whisper of your pedals under you, you can make eye contact with the city itself.
