Richard Perle on the 10th Anniversary of the Iraq War "You can't a decade later go back and say we shouldn't have done that." Oddly, the same thing Bill Clinton has been telling his wife for years.
- Drive to Work Week!
- 2013 Vasa Ride in photos. I feel the need, the need for Swede.
- Upcoming Baltimore bike events.
- Lojack for your bike.
- Not sure if the Silver Spring Transit Center issues will effect the Met Branch trail there or not.
- Bike commuting can help you lose weight in ways that car commuting can not. Science!
- Not bike related, but crazy cool.
You just like that last story because it uses the phrase "hydraulically gimballed."
Posted by: Crickey7 | March 21, 2013 at 09:19 AM
Actually, the bike commuting slowed weight gain, and didn't do much for weight loss.
I see tons of fatties on bikes now, and I feel bad for them.* Not a great way to lose weight -- but a great way to keep it off once you lose it.
* yes, if you start doing centuries you will be scary thin
Posted by: charlie | March 21, 2013 at 09:55 AM
We shouldn't have done that. There. Easy.
Posted by: Brendan | March 21, 2013 at 01:39 PM
As charlie points out, the article's message is different from your interpretation. It actually says:
"… people who walked or biked to work gained about two pounds less, on average, than daily car commuters."
Note that muscle weighs more than fat, so this might represent a significant difference in overall fitness. But it isn't an indicator that bike commuting helps you lose weight, since the people didn't lose weight, on average—they gained it.
Cycling did help me lose about 20 pounds a couple of years ago, but that's because i was counting calories. If i hadn't collected the metrics, i doubt my weight would have come down; it hadn't, after all, for the years i'd been riding before i started counting calories—in fact, it had gone up. I would have lost weight, as well, without the cycling, but the cycling allowed me to blow off so many calories with occasional long rides (> 50 miles) that i didn't end up replacing them by eating, so i was able to lose the weight in less time.
Posted by: antibozo | March 22, 2013 at 05:49 AM