Bicycles Still a Major Source of Injury


Although bicycles are a healthy and cost-saving alternative form of transportation, they're also the cause of a lot of childhood injuries.

In fact, automobiles are the only other consumer product that causes more childhood injuries.
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[Hmmm, and being a passenger in a car is the leading cause of premature death for kids in the United States and that wrong way bike riding is still a significant component of car/bike crashes and they are concerned about bike helmets? I will strongly assert that the over emphasis on wearing helmets and zilch on safe riding practices and the hazards to public health of having car centric roads is a major evil in our society and bike helmets alone are not going to fix this.] The complete article: <a href="http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2008/11/bicycles_injuries.html">http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2008/11/bicycles_injuries.html</a>;

If you are interested in child safety while riding a bike: <a href="http://www.activelivingresources.org/assets/bikesafety.pdf">http://www.activelivingresources.org/assets/bikesafety.pdf</a>;

by B' Spokes

Like most people I live a hectic life and who has the time for much exercise? Thanks to xtracycle now I do. By using my bike for daily activities I can get things done and get an hour plus work out in 15 minutes extra of my time, not a bad deal and beats taking the extra time going to the gym. In case you are still having trouble being motivated; the National Center of Disease Control says that inactivity is the #2 killer in the United States just behind smoking. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/bb_nutrition/ ) Get out there and start living life! I can carry home a full shopping cart of groceries, car pool two kids or just get lost in the great outdoors camping for a week. Well I got go, another outing this weekend.
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