Greetings!
Bike to Work on June 24th!
Come to the ALTA Breakfast station for free food, water bottles and other swag. We'll check your seat height, fill your tires, and fill your bellies. Support the environment and support your own health. Earn brownie points.
We will be open from 7-9 am and looking for you to join us.
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Benefits of Cycling- Cycling decreases noise and air pollution
- You get to buy a cool blinky light for your bike
- You'll sound credible as you tell your partner you need a $300 bike light
- Cycling is in the top three exercises for improving cardiovascular fitness *
- Bicycling is low impact exercise for your joints
- Wearing your bike helmet gives you a cool excuse for a bad hair day
- Cyclists have fewer job related injuries than non-cyclists
- Non-exercisers who start cycling move from the third of the population who are the least fit, to the fittest half of the population in just a few months.**
- What else will you do with those ugly shoes?
- Cycling improves balance and decreases risk of falls, especially in seniors.
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Moderate exercise, such as cycling, can decrease stress and depression. -
A 15 minute bike ride to work 5 times a week burns the equivalent of 11 pounds of fat a year. You have an excuse to wear Lycra, and if you bike enough, you'll look good in it.
Especially on June 24th
- Riding your bike to work will justify the donut binge you will find difficult to resist at the ALTA breakfast stop
- You can find out if your seat is in fact too low, or if it's normal for your knees to graze your chin at the top of each pedal stroke.
- You'll get to see if Jane and Mary can really bake.
- If you can't unclip from your pedals before you stop, just yell as you ride up and we'll help you.
After all, preventing injuries is what ALTA is all about. *Centers for Disease Control
** Department of Transportation
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