Cycling can increase our productivity. It can improve our fitness and lifestyle in this modern world.

1. Cycling for the Body and Mind
Md Habibur Rahman
February 26th
, 2018

2. Structure of Presentation
• Motivation
• Key questions
• Introduction
• Benefits of cycling
• Cycling in adverse conditions
• Bicycle safety
• What needs to change?
• Conclusion

3. Motivation
Lack of sustainable urban travel

4. Key Questions
• Why Cycling?
– Cycling is specifically beneficial because it’s transportation and
a work-out rolled into one!
• Why Do Active Transportation? - Bike
– Healthier employees = Increased productivity
– Reduced employee demand for parking
– Improved accessibility to worksite – less congestion

5. Introduction
• The first bicycle titled “The
walking machine”.
• It was invented by Baron von
Drais in 1817.
• The pedals were added in
1865.
• This machine was called
Velocipede or Boneshaker
The Walking Machine, 1817

6. Introduction (cont.)
High-wheeled bicycle in 1870 High-Wheeled Tricycle in 1880

7. Introduction (cont.)
1880's - Hard-Tired Safety 1888’s - Pneumatic Tire

8. Introduction (cont.)
• Types of bike
– Stationary bike
• Less stress on knees & ankles than running and aerobic
exercises
– Regular bike
– E-bike (Electric bike)
www.amazon.com

9. Benefits of Bicycle Riding
• Helping the environments
• Helping our health
• Economical help
• The involvement in culture

10. Helping the Environment
• Save the planet
– More bicycles, less cars, more green
space.
• Bike track available in many cities
– Bicycle-friendly city (Oldenburg) inspire
others for cycling
• Adding to intelligent transportation
– 160,000 people cycle daily (80% own a
bicycle) in Amsterdam
– Heat sensor detects cyclist waiting time
and speed up traffic light to green
– Rain sensors at some traffic lights mean
cyclist waiting time for less time in the rain
TrafficTechnologyToday.com

11. Helping the Environment (cont.)
Johansson et al. Impacts on air pollution and health by changing commuting from car to bicycle, Sci Total Environ. 2017

12. Helping Our Health
• Clean air
• Time saving (school, work,
shopping etc.)
• More active lifestyle
• Stress reduction
• Stronger immune system
• Sweating
• Exposure to sunlight
• Better sleep
• Reduce back pain

13. Helping Our Health
• Weight loss and Improved fitness
• Increase energy level
• Increase brain power
• Good for mother and unborn child during pregnancy
www.bikecitizens.net

14. Economical Help
• Bicycles are more
cheaper than cars, and
they don’t need any taxes
or fuels to be paid
• A faster way to reach, but
cars are not “available” for
all of us.
• No license needed for
regular bicycle
• Insurance (optional)
www.epmagazine.org

15. France Tour
The Involvement in Culture
• Organize exhibitions by bicycle
company in the entire world
• Dedicated cycling competitions can
bring more and more tourists and
lovers of bicycles together
• Spreading the culture and the
history of cycling with all over the
world
www.bicycling.com

16. Cycling in Adverse Conditions
• Windy and snow fall, icy or sleeper roads
• Rain and cold weather
• Precautions
– Reduce some air from tire
– Water proof jacket, shoe and trousers
– Cycling at night require
• a bright fluorescent cloth
• Lights (front and back) and reflectors
• Stay visible, and alert
• Wear a helmet
• Don’t get distracted by any device
• Have to follow traffic rules as drivers and cars
• If no bicycle track then follow car direction

17. Bicycle safety
• Two types of Injuries
– Physical trauma (extrinsic)
• The head and extremities
resulting from falls and collisions
– Overuse (intrinsic)
• The neck (48.8%) and the knees
(41.7%)
• Incorrect bicycle fit or adjustment,
particularly the saddle
• Too many hills, or too many miles
• Selecting too high a gear
https://en.wikipedia.org

18. Bicycle safety (cont.)
• Sun and Snow (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Segregated and non-segregated
www.polisnetwork.eu

19. What needs to change?
• Need to feel abnormal for using cars for short trips in urban
areas
• Make cycling easy, safe and comfortable
• Fully separated cycle and pedestrian routes on all arterial
roads.
• Adopt ‘strict liability’ on roads to protect the most
vulnerable road users
• Change the image of cycling so that it becomes ‘normal’

20. Conclusion
• Less pollution
• The save of money
• No more wasting fuel
• Providing safe infrastructure leads to a significant
increase in cycling
• Campaigning is important to turn cycling into a justified
means of transport, to change cultural perceptions
• Adopting best practice from other countries and cities
can help speed up this process

21. Thank you!
Thank you for your attention!