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	Bikes are a Wonder

sylvan3

7-27-2007 2:23 PM

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7-27-2007 3:05 PM

lifecyce1898

My favorite way to commute. You left out the best feature, it's FUN!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3d0b7a7f-030d-43c3-a0db-786200fec1df/97E982C6-88C3-46CC-9823-758BB9C31B10/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sightline.org/research/sust_toolkit/solutions/bicycle/" href="http://www.sightline.org/research/sust_toolkit/solutions/bicycle/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sightline.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sightline.org/research/sust_toolkit/solutions/bicycle/"><H1 class="documentFirstHeading">Why Bikes Are a Sustainable Wonder</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sightline.org/research/sust_toolkit/solutions/bicycle/"><P><STRONG>The gist: </STRONG>Two-wheeling ranks as the most energy-efficient form of travel--and makes you healthier to boot. Let's give it more respect.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sightline.org/research/sust_toolkit/solutions/bicycle/"><DIV>The bicycle--the most energy-efficient form of travel ever devised--deserves better. Pound for pound, a person on a bicycle expends less energy than any creature or machine covering the same distance. (A human walking spends about three times as much energy per pound; even a salmon swimming spends about twice as much.)</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sightline.org/research/sust_toolkit/solutions/bicycle/">Increased use of bicycles as transportation could <BR /><DIV>also help reduce the <A  href="http://www.sightline.org/research/sust_toolkit/solutions/bicycleresolveuid/300fc7025f4a65375a8d404cdc399110" title="An Unhealthy Relationship? Obesity and Sprawl">huge toll of sedentary lifestyles</A> on North Americans. In the United States, more people are at risk of heart disease--the nation's leading killer--due to physical inactivity than any other factor, including smoking and fat-laden diets. Forty percent of all American adults get almost no exercise; only 1 out of 13 gets the recommended amount.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/97E982C6-88C3-46CC-9823-758BB9C31B10/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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