1.Save money

How much do you spend each week on fuel, public transport, parking, maintenance? The RACQ estimates cycling just 10km each way to work would save $1700 per year in vehicle running costs. That'€™s $1700 you'€™re not handing over to start and finish each day sitting in traffic.

2. Lose weight

You'€™ll not only burn calories and fat while you're on the ride, but you'll kick start your metabolism and continue to burn more calories for the hours after you'€™ve stopped. This boost also happens to come at the times of the day when you need it the most,€“ in the morning before you sit down at your desk for the day, and in the evening before you have dinner and put your feet up.

3. Save time

Riding to work can create more time in your day for other things. Short commutes in peak hour are often as fast or faster by bike because you don'€™t have to sit in traffic. You can also get your daily exercise and daily commute done all at once, killing two birds with one stone.

4. Save the planet

Bike riding is a pollution-free mode of transport. If you rode 10km each way to work, you would save over 1.5 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions being release into the atmosphere each year! In addition to that, congestion caused by peak traffic accounts for an extra 13 million tonnes released each year around Australia's six major cities!

5. Live longer

We all know it by now, but regular exercise adds years to your life. As little as 30 minutes a day is proven to significantly reduce the risk of killers like cardiovascular disease, type two diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure and obesity. So ride like your life depended on it!