What's the common thread in all their stories? "It was so hard", "I'm out of shape", "It just made me appreciate my car more." Poignant commentary on the current state of our society, if you ask me. Just a few decades ago, every single person in the US didn't have a car or three. People walked more. Bicycles were for transportation, and not for collecting dust in a storage closet or the occasional recreational jaunt. Though I have a super-efficient hybrid car to get around town and make road trips, my commute to my lab every day is only two or so miles, and you'd better believe I bike in, rain or shine. I'm not necessarily in athletic shape, but I think if you bike a few miles every day, you won't find yourself huffing and puffing after just a block or two like these folks did.

You know, there isn't a single vehicle ever made that can beat a bike in gas mileage.