http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Debunking the myth that cycling causes heart attacks en Sun, 31 May 2026 12:03:51 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2376#post-25403 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 11:31:29 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 25403@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yip, cb's spot on - there was a report on the news or some programme like Tomorrow's World or something (so years and years back) that inside a car the pollutants get trapped and therefore build up to be a lot higher level than outside the car. Even in modern cars this is still the case. Much better off outside the car... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2376#post-25400 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 11:20:59 +0000 chdot 25400@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>AND</p> <p>"Cycle-Commuting The Secret* To A Happy Life Says New Economic Foundation Report"</p> <p><a href="http://road.cc/content/news/31477-cycle-commuting-secret-happy-life-says-new-economic-foundation-report" rel="nofollow">http://road.cc/content/news/31477-cycle-commuting-secret-happy-life-says-new-economic-foundation-report</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2376#post-25382 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:17:03 +0000 cb 25382@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Found this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.thegoodairlady.com/car_air_pollution_000219.html">http://www.thegoodairlady.com/car_air_pollution_000219.html</a></p> <p>"Even when local air quality testing reports are "green", the air you are breathing in your car may be very "red" -- up to ten times as polluted as the air on the other side of your windshield."</p> <p>The study it refers to:</p> <p><a href="http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/abstracts/95-339.htm">http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/abstracts/95-339.htm</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2376#post-25373 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:27:06 +0000 chdot 25373@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well, yes, but -</p> <p>I suspect air in cars is much more polluted than most people realise. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2376#post-25371 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:12:22 +0000 Its_Me_Knees 25371@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>chdot: You have a point, but even if the air inside the car was equally as polluted as that outside, the exercising cyclist will be respiring at a faster rate than the driver, so more air (and therefore more particulates) will go into the cyclist's lungs than the drivers. Quite what adverse impact that has on the cyclist's health (compared to the benefits of regular exercise that the cyclist doubtless enjoys) is moot... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2376#post-25366 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:51:08 +0000 chdot 25366@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I would like to see a study that 'proves' that air intakes feet behind the exhaust pipe in front are so well filtered that the air inside the car is 'cleaner' than it is five feet or so off the ground where most cyclists and pedestrians breath. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2376#post-25362 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:34:01 +0000 Its_Me_Knees 25362@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What a dreary and desperate old rag the <em>Daily Fail</em> is. However, I *would* like to see a proper study that compares the intake of airborne pollutants in (i) cyclists that regularly commute in heavy traffic versus (ii) those who have similar commutes along cycle paths (or who can somehow avoid heavy traffic). I think it could help make a case for a cycle route network that has, as part of its remit, the specified aim of putting a healthy (pun intended) distance between cyclists and the rush hour fug-fest.</p> <p>Regardless, the Mail is still pants. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2376#post-25224 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:09:28 +0000 tarmac jockey 25224@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Daily Mail was at it again last week panning cycling. Claiming that cycling was bad for you in more ways than smoking, drinking to excess and sitting in traffic inhaling exhaust fumes. Good to see that the response to debunk the nonsense has been swift. </p> <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2011/feb/25/myth-cycling-heart-attacks" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2011/feb/25/myth-cycling-heart-attacks</a> </p>