Cycling is green, good for you, and avoids you steaming in traffic jams. Need we say more? No, but we will ....

YOUR HEALTH

• Steady cycling burns about 300 calories an hour. A 30-minute daily cycle trip will burn 11 pounds of fat in a year. Because the activity is daily, the weight is likely to stay off

• Major gains are likely to be made in 15 weeks.

• That 30 minutes will also reduce the risk of coronary heart disease by 50%

• Regular cyclists enjoy a fitness level equivalent to being 10 years younger

• Health benefits of cycling outweigh risks by 20:1.

• Cycling is easy to fit into your life - no need for special trips to a costly gym.

• A study of 10,000 civil servants suggested those who cycled 20 miles over a week were half as likely to suffer heart disease as non-cycling colleagues. This finding was independent of other factors such as smoking, obesity, high blood cholesterol and blood pressure.

BE GREEN

• You become part of the solution to traffic congestion, not part of the problem!

• The bike is non-polluting - no greenhouse gases or particulates.

SAVE TIME

• Cycling can be fastest and most predictable way to work - no traffic jams or timetables. Save money - no parking fees, low running costs ... but you can ride slowly: therre's no need to break into a sweat if you don't want to.

• Cycle commuters are more likely to arrive at work on time