One Friendly Vehicle

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Riding a bike is the most healthy and enjoyable diversion when you like to spend some of your free-time. She learned riding it when she was in high school but got her bike broken without a replacement, thus stopped using it for years. It is until a week ago when her sister urged her and her other sibling to purchase one since her sister is running errands in the house. She agreed because she can use that someday too. There the sibling went, bought a light blue one with a basket in front. Thought it will be a feeling like you're bicycling in one of the streets in South Korea. She learned that there is a bicycle lane in their country to avoid accidents of bicycle riders.

At first, she was awkward and quite nervous if she still know how to ride it. To alleviate the doubt, she borrowed it from her sister and gave it a smooth ride. There she knew and can surely say that once you learned using bikes, motorcycle or even driving a car, you won't ever forget that. It's a skill your body and brain automatically hoarded, so when it's time to use that, it will be just there. You’ll never know until you tried it again yourself. It has been 12 years since she took a bike ride in her hometown.


What are the advantages of riding a bike? Having a bike at home is very beneficial specially when running errands, like buying something. It's also helpful as a means of exercise if you want to go around the subdivision. One important advantage of bikes in the environment is it’s a carbon-free vehicle. It does not produce gas, which harms the air that adds to global warming. She hopes that the country will also allot bike lanes for bicycle riders like there in South Korea and other countries.

If you are hesitant about embracing cycling (biking) as a mode of transport, then the following are 10 pertinent reasons you should set your doubts aside and start riding a bicycle.

1. It is an environmentally friendly mode of transport. 
2. You save money on fuel (Gas, Petrol, Diesel or what ever you call it in your country) by riding a bicycle. 
3. A bicycle requires comparably less maintenance. 
4. Riding a bicycle is good for your health. You develop a strong heart and muscular limbs. 
5. You can weave in and out of traffic. 
6. Riding a bicycle is a quicker way of getting around the city. I have found that inside city, while driving automobiles, you can hardly go above 35 Km/hr. And many times you are forced to move at a crawl. 
7. There are no parking problems. And you do not have to pay a toll for parking in special spots. 
8. Riding a bicycle to work everyday, you do not have to set aside time for exercise as this in itself is an exercise. Thus the time saved can be used for other tasks. 
9. The slow pace of travel helps you be receptive of the sights around you, which you might in all probably have missed while riding an automobile. And finally.. 
10. At the end of the day, you feel much better – Physically and Mentally.