Ride for a good life

Start cycling young.
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Adapted from The Vancouver Sun by Patty Bossort.
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Bicycling is good for your health.

It is good for the economy.

It is good for the environment.

Six good reasons to bicycle:

1. It is good exercise. A fit body is a healthy body.
2. Children learn better after a walk or bike ride to school.
3. A car costs about $8,000 a year. Bicycles cost about $350.
4. It is less expensive to build bike paths than roads for cars.
5. Bikes take less space to park.
6. Bicycling makes less pollution than driving cars.

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• Ride for a good life

Breath fresh air as you ride.
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You can ride your bike to many places:

1. Work
2. School
3. Shopping
4. Meetings
5. Parks and beaches

You can ride alone or with others. Get some exercise. Have some fun. Ride your bike.