Cycle To Work Scheme Ireland

Benefits of bikes... Why should I cycle?

Because it is...Good for you...

• Regular cyclists enjoy a fitness level equal to that of a person ten years younger. (Source: National Forum for Coronary Heart        Disease Foundation, Sharp)
  

• Cycling at least twenty miles a week reduces the risk of heart disease to less than half that for non-cyclists who take no other        exercise (Source: British Heart Foundation, Morris)
  

• If one third of all short car journeys were made by bike, national heart disease rates would fall by between 5 and 10 percent        (Bikes not Fumes, CTC, 1992). Info from BikeBiz, with thanks.
  

• During rush-hour, a bicycle is about twice as fast as a car - good if you hate traffic jams!
  

• Good For Your Wallet...
  

• Bicycles require no road tax, no MOT, no insurance, no licensing, no breakdown recovery services, and above all no fuel bills          (unless you count confectionery bars!).
  

• A good bicycle needs at most about 50euro-worth of maintenance a year - less if you do a bit yourself. How much does your car        need?
  

• A good bicycle will last for years, if not decades. How long did your previous car last?
  

• A bicycle can be parked just about anywhere, so no more expensive car park bills.
  

• Good For Your World...
  

• Twenty bicycles can be parked in the same space taken up by one car.
  

• To make a bicycle requires only a fraction of the materials and energy needed to make a car.
  

• Bicycles produce absolutely no pollution - they are a lot quieter too. When was the last time you saw a rusting, burnt-out bicycle?
  

• Cars kill and maim thousands of people every year - bicycles don't.