Isn't this essentially "exercise is good for you"?
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Exercise combined with no driving stressors and being outside.
I don't think many people who regularly bike in an urban environment would agree that "no driving stressors" is an applicable description of the activity.
Come visit the Netherlands :)
Pretty chill with mostly protected bike paths and separate cycles at traffic lights.
I also found Paris quite chill due to the decent drivers more than the improving but still lacking infra.
I actually have biked around both Amsterdam and The Hague. They were both quite a bit better than other places I've been but you could still find some dodgy areas. You're right though, a flat country at sea level that prioritizes bike infrastructure is a pretty nice place to commute by bike lol
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The nuance is that exercise that's baked into people's everyday routines gets done, and so extends healthy life. Exercise that requires extra time and effort gets done a lot less. This is why everyday physical activity through moving around is so important
This is part of why I like working a trades job. On a big install i can easily walk down and back up the customer's basement stairs 25 times. I get to use my muscles on wrenches and hammers. It isnt as good or consistent as exercise at a gym and I should be doing yoga more often to help with driving related posture, repetitive movements from work, and overall muscle maintenance, but I'm at least more active than a desk job.
Exercise is good for you and being able to afford to live somewhere biking to work is a viable means of transportation.
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"Groundbreaking study finds that cardio is good for you"
YOU wont BELIEVE this ONE WEIRD TRICK that cardiologists HATE!
I don't believe in cardio. It's a conspiracy created by Big Exercise.
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Unless you get run over by a car because your city doesn't have bike lanes. Then you live shorter.
Cries in Ontario where scary bike lanes are illegal.
To follow this advice, I'd end up getting my bike out of the garage, riding around the block ... then going back inside to turn on my work laptop. I love working from home.
That being said, a 15 minute morning bike ride before work would still be a good idea.
When I work from home, I bike with my dog for 20-30 minutes in the morning. On office days, I only bike 5 minutes to the train station…
I used to have a wonderful 11km bike commute along the river, my favorite of all time.
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You can still use the bike for shopping and the like. It's still good to get out on WFH days.
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This feels like Hanks Razor would apply. Proximity to work, dedicated bike infrastructure and availability and quality of bikes are all pretty good stand ins for socioeconomic factors having a strong impact on the outcome.
A lot of the costs can even out a bit more if you can manage to live car free. No car payments, insurance, repairs or gas is all extra money that can go to a decent bicycle and a higher cost for rent/mortgage. You can also advocate for biking improvements in your local area.
Plus. Let’s say I have a chronic disease or am generally in weak health. I’m going to have a lower life expectancy, and I’m not going to be able to bike to work.
Correlation ≠ Causation
I would have a signficantly shorter lifespan when I get run down by a ford
Apparently bike commuters still come out ahead, judging by the wording.
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Excuses, bring AR while cycling. /s
You joke, but I bet a visibly armed cyclist get messed with a lot less. I usually just opt for a camera though, being visibly armed can get you targeted by people who either want a gun or already have one and are about to do something terrible.
You clearly just need a more heavily armoured bike. You should start running down the fords!
Reactive armor: If they're going to take you out, they're gonna go too!
[pretend I posted that picture of a cargo bike hauling propane here]
What happens when you get ran over by a Toyota instead?
Think of it as a conditional probability time stream on an actuary table:
• Every day that you don't get killed by a Ford f-450, your lifespan increases by a few minutes
• This is like putting pennies into the penny jar
• Eventually the penny jar gets full and then you are killed by a Ford f-450, thus spilling all of the contents (and your contents), onto the road.
• Thus, the energetic principle of conservation of entropy is preserved, with positive entropy.
new study confirms
No it doesn't. Their conclusion is "This study strengthens the evidence that active commuting has population-level health benefits and can contribute to reduced morbidity and mortality."
sounds like confirmation to me, an apt popular science headline. maybe you think “confirms” means “proves”?
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The crosses and bicycles painted white in memorial on the side of the road near me would tell a different story.
thing is, car drivers aren't really safer from bad drivers killing them
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many comments saying “duh cardio good” ignore the corollary to this: a society that prevents bike commuting due to dangerous or inaccessible car-centric infrastructure is performing social violence and causing prevetable death
edit: similar considerations apply to the obesity epidemic.
If I biked to work, it would take me 3-4 hours one way...
If I biked to work it would take less than three seconds and leave tyre marks on my carpet.
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If I biked to work I’d be hit by three rednecks in giant trucks. And it would also take me 3-4 hours.
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Makes me wonder to what degree the longer life offsets the carbon savings from bike commuting.
I figure that would vary wildly depending on how the individual lives.
Ha not in my town.
My life expectancy would dive off a cliff if I tried to commute by bike. Not because of the bike itself, but rather because of the metal boxes of death whizzing next to me.
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It seems that they didn't take nutrition into account at all. How much of this study is just "people who exercise just eat better"?
I cycle to work everyday off year I am mostly cheese and beer
Not clear on that, but even if you had a poor diet and exercised regularly, you'd still be better off than if you had a poor diet and were totally sedentary.
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If you live within biking range, you obviously have other economic advantages.
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