Day: June 20, 2025

Benefits to Riding Your Bike

June 20, 2025 Benefits to Riding Your Bike Riding a bike is fun, improves your physical and mental wellbeing, is convenient for getting around locally and is environmentally friendly. Electric bikes (e-bikes) offer extra benefits as well. Mental health Physical exercise improves your mental health. Some of the mental health benefits of bike riding include: decreased stress and anxiety levels triggers the release of ‘feel good’ chemicals in the brain that make you feel happy decreased risk of depression better sleep boosted creativity and productivity. Convenience and efficiency Travel time by bicycle is more predictable than by motor vehicle as traffic is rarely a problem. Riding is convenient because it: offers door-to-door service—you can usually park a bicycle closer to destinations than cars is often quicker than driving a car when travelling short distances up to 5km Travel time by bicycle is more predictable than by motor vehicle as traffic is rarely a problem   Efficiency meets comfort when you travel in bike Economic benefits The cost of buying and maintaining a bike is around 1% of the cost of buying and maintaining a car. Riding a bicycle 10km each way to work each day will save about $1,700 per year in transport costs (including all running costs and depreciation). Also, bicycle parking is usually free, easily accessible and more convenient than car parking. Transport benefits Distances of up to 5km are ideal for bike riding, but 79% of all journeys in South East Queensland under 5km are made by private vehicle2. Choosing to ride a bicycle to your destination instead of taking a car benefits our transport system in many ways. Bikes do less damage to road surfaces than cars. Bike paths give people ‘freeways’ for the price of footpaths. The estimated cost of congestion is $5 billion per year. More bikes and fewer cars on the road can reduce this congestion and its associated costs. Bicycle riding facilities can extend the catchments of existing public transport services. On average, 10 times more households are within bike riding distance of public transport than are within walking distance. The majority of car trips to school are  within walking distance. Riding a bike or walking these trips significantly reduces congestion around schools and improves safety for children. Share now : Facebook-f Instagram 20 Jun 2025 Benefits to Riding Your Bike 17 Jun 2025 Miami must-visit spots on your electric scooter 21 May 2025 How shared transportation benefits us Get In Touch Come to our store. You can boook online, by email or send us a text or call by WhatsApp. 24/7.  +1-305-600-2226 lyberi.com@gmail.com 255 E Flagler St, Suite 88 Miami Fl 33131 Newsletter