4 Ways of Looking at a Bicycle

The bicycle is a means of recreation for most North Americans, but in other parts of the world, bicycles have come to mean much more. Production of bikes is outstripping that of cars, and the bicycle is gaining as the most popular mode of transportation around the world. Discover how bicycles are changing—and changing lives. Imagine these perspectives.

By Laura Vanderkam From: Reader's Digest Magazine, April 2008

It’s estimated that there are more than one billion bicycles currently on the road worldwide.

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