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Mebbe so, but the reality is, unless you are disciplined enough to get equivalent exercise elsewhere, you are extending your life expectancy by riding.   [/quote]  research has proven that for each hour of cycling,  you are adding an hour to your life span...

however In 2015 in the United States, over 1,000 bicyclists died and there were almost 467,000 bicycle-related injuries
Adults aged 50 to 59 years have the highest bicycle death rates.
Children (5-14 years) and adolescents (15-19 years) have the highest rates of nonfatal bicycle-related injuries, accounting for more than one-third of all bicycle-related injuries seen in U.S. emergency departments.3
Males die 6 times more often and are injured 4 times more often on bicycles than females.
Most bicyclist deaths occur in urban areas and at non-intersection locations.

great you extend you life,  but at the same time.  you are risking your life and the potential for serious injury...  risk/reward.  It woudl really suck to have spent your life riding bikes so you can live a longer healthier life, only to get injured or killed doing the thing thats is supposed to make you live longer. [b] especially when there are plenty of places to ride your bike to get the health benefits,  where you are not in direct competition with cars/ truck for space on the road....  Or  there are much better times of the day to get said excercise,  than during rush hour when you have more vehicles in a confined space.[/b]

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Its a lot easier to fit the exercise time in when I make it part of my daily commute.   Which means yes, its (usually) during rush hour, and not entirely on trails.   But on the street I rode on today, in DC, I was pretty much keeping up with the cars.  Traffic calmed grid of streets, for the win![/quote]

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