Newsgroup: italia.bari.discussioni
Titolo: Read please...

WHY COMMUTE BY BICYCLE?
Just a few years ago I was in pretty poor shape: a pack-a-day smoker, a
frequent drinker, a tendency for exercise avoidance, rarely outdoors. Hoping
to encourage a healthier lifestyle, my partner (now wife) Marianne gave me
an inexpensive mountain bike as a Christmas gift in 1994.
After a few short-distance weekend try-out rides, I got the crazy idea to
start riding to work. A regular MUNI rider since moving to San Francisco, my
seven-mile commute required at least two transfers and could take anywhere
from 50 to 90 minutes each way. Considering the crowding and stale air
aboard the bus, the lengthy waits between transfers, the cost and
aggravation -- how could bike commuting not be an improvement?
 So one Monday morning, I set out early on my bike. Looking back on it now,
I'm surprised that I stuck with it. I had no mentors really, no one to
advise me or offer suggestions. I had to discover everything the hard way.
That first morning I set out fully dressed in my office attire. Now I ride
in comfortable shorts and change upon arriving at work. If I had to carry
something, I put it in a backpack, arriving with a perspiration soaked back.
Now I have a rear rack and panniers. One morning after a rainstorm, I
thought: "Hey, the rain's ended, I'll be OK." Now I know the worst feature
of wet weather cycling isn't the precipitation that falls down; it's the
muck that splashes up.
Many years later, I can't imagine traveling to work any other way than by
bicycle. I don't waste a second stuck in traffic. No long waits in an oil
change place, a car wash, a parts store or a muffler shop. I spend precisely
no time filling my gas tank every week. Parking is a snap. My fitness is
excellent without spending endless, boring hours on a stairmaster, a
treadmill or - ugh - a stationary cycle. There are no payments for car
loans, insurance, parking, registration, tolls, fines and tow charges.
Instead of enduring frequent episodes of "road rage," I enjoy lots of fresh
air.
I arrive at work, flush with a heady endorphin rush, feeling fit and ready
to be productive.
Nothing has enhanced my life as much as the decision to start bike
commuting. I've stopped smoking, I don't drink any more, and I'm always
outdoors. I'm saving money, I feel all self-righteous about not polluting,
and I can eat plenty without worrying about getting fat. (Well, sort of.)
And, in general, I arrive at just about any city destination faster than if
I'd driven.
Perhaps the best sentiment on the attractiveness of commuting by bike rather
than automobile was sent to me from Bruce MacAlister, a cyclist in Calgary:
"Driving a car versus riding a bike is on par with watching television
rather than living your own life." I couldn't agree more.
It's easy to start traveling by bicycle. After all, more of the world's
workers get to their jobs by bike than by car.
Paul Dorn.
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~pdorn/Commuting/commuting.html

 I enjoy lots of fresh air.
WHAAAAAT?
are you crazy?
where have you seen fresh air?
in the center of town? :-O
10 miles in the traffic and you become a drug addict,
so, I believe that you cannot give up to go by bicycle!!! ;-)
Bye
Quelo
p.s. I know why you really prefer bicycle...... :-D

> p.s. I know why you really prefer bicycle...... :-D
E neu a sapè

 E neu a sapè
eh eh....
ok, I tell you...
He falls in love for a girl that pedals very well :-D
Old Big Mouse 2 bis ;-)

 Old Big Mouse 2 bis ;-)
Old Big Mouse= Zoccolona?

 He falls in love
       ^^^^^^
sorry, "fell" is the right word :-/
Bye

 ha scritto nel messaggio
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Per me è lo stesso non ho mai studiato inglese,
non so nè parlarlo nè scriverlo, so solo tradurlo.
(grazie ai libri di elettronica ma soprattutto ai
videogames)
                            danilo

 Old Big Mouse= Zoccolona?
VZ infatti.... :-D

 WHY COMMUTE BY BICYCLE?
[cuttone]
e mò...secondo te... io mi devo stare a sforzare di leggere tutto sto
malloppo in inglese?!
vedi di riassumere in italiano per piacere!
altrimenti io ti scrivo nella "mia" lingua!
:-P
:-)
marci

 Quelo
Do cyclists breathe more pollution than motorists?
The sources for this information vary in credibility, but most of it comes
directly from published studies or other reputable sources like the
Berkeley Wellness letter.
1.  Exercise will extend your life by about the amount of time you spend
doing it.  So if you spend an hour on your bike, you've added an hour to
your life.
2.  Drivers of cars are exposed to up to eighteen times more pollution
than "ambient air", approximately 300 feet from the road.  Cyclists share
the road with cars, but they do not trap pollutants, and they take air in
at a much higher position than cars (assuming a diamond frame) so...
3.  Cyclists breathe approximately 1/2 as much pollution than cars (this
appears to be _per breath_).
4.  Over _time_, a cyclist will breathe much more than a sedentary driver,
since the cyclist is using more than twice as much air.  Athletes appear
to be very sensitive to foul air.
5.  In general, cycling takes longer than driving, so the bike commuter
may be exposed to pollution for longer periods of time.
6. A UK study found that cyclists had 1/2 the blood level of CO that
drivers did after traveling along a ten mile stretch of congested road.
7. CO blood levels may be less of a problem than inhaled particulates,
which are much harder to measure.  Masks make breathing difficult if they
are properly sealed, and are ineffective if they are not sealed.
As a result, the health advantages of commuting by bike depend on several
key factors:
1.  Would you exercise anyway? That is, would you drive to the gym and
ride a stationary bike in relatively clean air if you weren't commuting in
traffic.
2.  How hard do you ride? The harder you ride, the more air -- and
therefore pollution -- you take in.  But then the better the training
effect will be, so if you don't do any other exercise, this is a wash.
3.  How long is your drive compared to your ride? If it takes
significantly more time to ride, you may be exposed to more pollution.
4.  What kind of car? An open air Jeep would take in and trap less
pollution than a sedan.
The health effects of exercise far outweigh any additional health dangers
from pollution.  If you would exercise anyway, though, commuting may not
in your best interest.  If you commute on low volume side streets, or on
sidepaths, pollution might not get you, but other hazards might.
Here is a rationalization for those of us who want to believe that
cyclists get less pollution than motorists:
One thing I've noticed about my commute: when I drive, I am _always_
surrounded by traffic.  All us cars meet at the light and move from light
to light more or less together.  When I ride my bike, I meet cars at
lights, but I don't spend a lot of time around them when they're rushing
past me to get to the next light.  The vast majority of time is spent
between packs of cars, without much motor traffic.  Since I'm not around
cars very much I can believe:
- I am breathing more garbage than a motorist when I'm in traffic
- I am breathing less garbage than a motorist when I'm not in traffic
- I am not in traffic far more often
Therefore: I am probably getting less pollution on the bike than in my car!
ro...@ug.eds.com
 (Royce Myers)
From 
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/bicycles-faq/part2/
 (section 6.7)
:-p
Red

 [tagl of 4KB]
hey!
do brevly uan riassunt, pliz!
I haven't so many time to traslate all that papir!! ;-)
Bye
Quelo :-)

 I haven't so many time to traslate all that papir!! ;-)
The papyr says that ciclists gain less pollution than car drivers.
(scientifically proved, no chats!).
Point and stop.
Keep good yourself,
Red.
:-)

 Red
....eeeehhhii attè!
that I'm waiting... iù aggiust mai biciclett!!!!
:-|
marci

 marci
Ok, I'm going to came and fix it!


Sai l'inglese?
Ho scritto che vengo io ad aggiustartela?
Quanto mi dai? sto a corto di soldi...
Marika

 Ho scritto che vengo io ad aggiustartela?
Un "?" di troppo
:-) Marika :-)

 Quanto mi dai? sto a corto di soldi...
veramente red mi aveva detto che veniva ad aggiustarmela  GRATIS.....
perciò...smamma...
i fichi secchi ti piacciono?
:-PPP
marci

 :-PPP
Se po' ffà!

 Se po' ffà!
ma tanto "non ti dò un fico secco!"
:-PPP
:-)
marci

 ma tanto "non ti dò un fico secco!"
Quindi me ne dai DUE.

 Quindi me ne dai DUE.
se vuoi ti dò due "fighi"
ne ho giusto un paio a portata di mano cha fanno al caso tuo
;-)
marci

 ;-)
Good, se non ti ho capita male devi avere gusti difficili ma buoni.

 ne ho giusto un paio a portata di mano cha fanno al caso tuo
Redshift e Quelo.
:-)
-- 
Kaiser®
See the stars, they're shining bright
Everything's alright tonight (DM)

 Good, se non ti ho capita male devi avere gusti difficili ma buoni.
Hai capito male.
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 :-)
rotfl!
Taita
--
"Il vantaggio di essere intelligente è che si può sempre fare
l'imbecille, mentre il contrario è del tutto impossibile."
(Woody Allen)

 Good, se non ti ho capita male devi avere gusti difficili ma buoni.
cerrrrrrrtamente!!! :-)
Ma quanti anni hai? due boys di 27 e 29 anni....vanno bene?
(non sono nè Quelo, nè Red nè tanto meno il Kaiser che rode.....:-PPP)
;-)
marci

 (non sono nè Quelo, nè Red nè tanto meno il Kaiser che rode.....:-PPP)
anche perchè Kaiser boy non me lo vedrei proprio,
più baby direi...
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 :-)
also to you,
and that Our Mother (in italian: Madonna)
always accompany to you! :-D
Bye
Quelo

 due boys di 27 e 29 anni....vanno bene?
ehm...... vabbč... mi stň zitto..... }:-)
VZ2bis

 :-)
ecco..... approposito di cazzate.... ;-)
--
Ciao
Quelo

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