World Bicycle Day

Cycling can:
- Raise your metabolic rate, build muscle, and burn body fat
- Cause less strain and injuries than most other forms of exercise
- Use all of the major muscle groups during pedaling
- Increase stamina, strength, and aerobic fitness
- Burns about 1,200 kilojoules (about 300 calories) per hour
- Improve mental health conditions such as depression, stress, and anxiety
- Protect against serious diseases such as stroke, heart attack, some cancers, depression, diabetes, obesity, and arthritis