Cycling to work can cut cancer and heart disease, says study

Re:Cycling to work can cut cancer and heart disease, says study by criddell on Thursday April 20, 2017 @02:13PM (#14159253)

I live in Austin. I ride my bike as long as it's less than 100F (38C) out. Anything above 90F (32C) is pretty hard for me to do without getting sweaty. Fortunately, my office has showers.

Also, I think your advice to ride at a moderate speed is a good one. When I first got into bicycle commuting, I was reading the bicycle subreddit and I was told more than once that it never gets easier, you just get faster. Well, they were wrong. It gets way easier. I understand what they mean by "you just get faster", but I think it's potentially discouraging to new out-of-shape riders like myself.

It gets way easier and for me is almost meditative. My mind wanders like crazy.

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Re:Cycling to work can cut cancer and heart disease, says study by zten on Thursday April 20, 2017 @02:52PM (#14159646)

That is definitely a quote that only applies to racing. I agree that better fitness absolutely does make the easy stuff easier. But if you want to make going fast feel easy, you can't escape training for it.

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