One of the most famous bike makers in the world is Taiwan's own Giant. When Giant started in 1972 in Taichung, it only produced bikes for bigger companies like Schwinn. In 1986, Giant decided to compete in the high-end bikes business because the market was expanding quickly. Now, Giant has over 10,000 stores around the world and sells more than three million bikes every year.
People in Taiwan are finally living up to the name "Bicycle Kingdom." Lately, more and more cyclists have been seen on the streets. Friends or families often ride together in mountains or along rivers during the weekends.
Riding a bike is great exercise for everyone. The amount of calories that you burn depends on how hard you pedal and how much you weigh. For example, if a woman that weighs 50 kilograms rides for one hour at a relaxing pace, she would burn 500 calories. If she decided to race with her friends the whole time, she could double that number. The same thing applies to men. If an average man that weighs 70 kilograms rides casually for an hour, he would burn 450 calories. But if that same man decided to really push himself, he could lose up to 1,100 calories. To burn the same amount of calories through hiking, he would have to walk for three full hours without stopping.
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1. Giant is one of the most famouse bike. Its market covered the whole world. It become more common to see people riding the bike with family on the roadside. Riding a bike is great exercise for everyone.
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3. Riding the bike is very convenient for me. And I also like rinding to every place. I can find another side of the city. If you are always taking the bus, driving the car or ride the motorcycle, you never see the beautiful flowers on the side of the road. And it doesn't produce the pollution.
But I think the most important reason is that it can burn the calories. I always sit after I eat, and the action let me become more heavier. So I want to control my weight by riding.
1 則留言:
Be careful: "riding," not "rinding." Is walking better than riding? Do you burn more calories on a good walk in the mountain paths? Because when I bicycle, I often "coast" without pedaling. Lazy biker that I am!
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