subject: Road Biking Gains In Favor For Commuters [print this page] For many years, it seems that mountain biking was all the rage in the cycling world and many people spent enormous amounts of money on gear and accessories. Ironically, many of these people only went out once or twice for a cycling adventure, and then stowed their bikes and gear away, never to be seen again. Nowadays, there has been a strong resurgence in regular road biking and more and more people are not only buying good bikes for the road, but they are also putting them to use regularly.
One of the reasons for this trend in cycling has been the downturn in the economy in recent years. There are many people these days who simply cannot afford the high cost of gasoline to get to and from work and so they have resorted to bike commuting to get where they need to go in an economical way. In addition, the high costs of buying and maintaining automobiles and also carrying the proper insurance on them has become prohibitive for many people.
This trend has caused a considerable increase in the number of people in virtually every community who are now getting on their bikes instead of driving their cars to work. To support this bicycle commuting trend, many communities across the country are now making improvements to and expanding their network of bike lanes and adding additional signs to encourage motorists to safely share the roadways with those who are road cycling.
In many ways, this increase in biking has turned out to be a real win-win situation for many communities, municipalities and residents. This is because each person who is riding their bike to work is leaving their car or truck at home and this means there is less wear and tear on the roads and less maintenance expense. Also, the communities have reduced noise and pollution levels. At the same time, the bike commuters have better marked lanes and as a result enjoy better safety on the city streets.
Whether you end up commuting daily on your bike or only use it for recreational activities on weekends and vacations, you will find that road biking is one of the best forms of exercise that you can participate in. People who ride regularly report that they drop pounds and that people comment about how good they are looking. Often they also find other health conditions improving and that they feel better in general with higher levels of energy.
