Bicycling For Life: Mark Martin at TEDxLSU
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Published 2013-05-03
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All Comments (21)
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After years of not riding a bike, (I was 44) I ended up having a stroke that put me in the ICU for a week, and a total hospital stay of 40 days, and a two year plus recovery struggle. For my 46 birthday my wife surprised me with a bike, I thought it was kind of silly since my balance is not great, but I got on my bike and to my surprise I could ride it. I love riding my bike it has lifted my spirit, I feel wonderful when I'm on it even if it's a short ride, I feel like me again, I like waving to other people and seen their smiles. If you suffer from depression, anxiety, cholesterol, etc the solution to your problem has two wheels, I have concluded that instead of a drug prescription your doctor should prescribe you ridding a bike for 30 minutes 4 times a week and increase this time as needed. It will change how you feel, I look forward to my next ride, I truly love my bike and I will continue to ride, my health and my life depend on it. Also when life gets difficult, along with your bike get a pet. And by the way my wife is a genius.
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I have never had a car or a drivers license for that matter. And I have still visited 82 countries around the world with my bike.
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Why? No insurance No parking tickets No traffic No gasoline No pollution (almost) No gym I can park at the front door The best part of my day is my commute!
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bike is the greatest invention ever
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Former cardiovascular nurse...began group riding in the 80's to prevent cardiovascular disease...now car free for six years...E bikes/mass public transit gets me everywhere! Love this lifestyle..
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bicyling has always been the best physical and mental therapy for me, I can feel like crap but within thirty seconds of getting on my bike I feel much physically and psychologically better.
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I've been riding and repairing bicycles since 1979. The only thing that brings me more pleasure than cycling myself has been watching my almost 5 year old boy tear it up on two wheels. He was jumping ramps with his training wheels! There really is something magical about cycling. The autonomy, the self empowerment (literally), the love. Cycling truly is a melding of mind + body + machine + spirit. Thanks Mark for the the re-inspiration. Also, love your bike! Myself-I ride a 2000 Specialized Enduro Comp (with of course-lots of upgrades-which is really just the icing on the cake). Energy independence, great mind, great body, social behaviours, passion to keep riding. The bicycle will truly, literally...save our planet and the human race. RIde!..Dammit!...Ride!
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2 years of COVID restrictions left me grossly overweight, morose and culminated with a DVT in my minor Vena Cava that was going to kill me. 8 months later I've lost 26kg through cycling and diet and never been fitter. I do more miles on my bike than all my other vehicles put together. 420 miles last month. I never thought it possible.
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This is my all time favorite video on cycling. There is simply nothing to argue in this video. He states the facts truthfully and clearly.
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This Ted talk made me extremely hungry as I started salivating uncontrollably.
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I've started riding, because I simply wanted a mode of transport (public transport ticks me off with it's timetables, cars are too expensive). With a mode of transport, I can become fully independent, and build a life around that. Also, maybe it's my own way of quietly rebelling against the way the world has become. A more bike centric world is a pretty big step in the right direction imo.
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I like this guy.. imagine how different the world would be if we all rode bikes.. roads would be made smaller and simpler. Much smaller parking lots etc. Entire cities would be designed differently. I know that we need transports and large vehicles to move product long distances but we do so much more driving than we need to
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i ride because it's ultimate freedom
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I'm diabetic ( diagnosed two years ago)and for the last two years of riding my condition is in remission , I'm out most day on a MTB and cover 8 miles a day not only for my health I do it because it's a life I love,one happy rider Durham UK.
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I thought he would say at the end that every time he rang that bell somebody died in a car accident or something like that
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It is amazing what happens on the way to work when you have your own bike lane vs the side of the road with traffic.
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5 years ago i became disabled then i came out of the hospitals and taught my self how to ride a bike again.When im on a bike i dont feel or think disabled , when i walk i am slow ,ponderuss and unstable, when i am on the bike i am as fast or slow as i want to be , i feel GREAT!I liked your vid MR M and M thanks . .
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I am 60 now and love to ride my bicycle. Thank you for this awesome video! We need safe bike pathways here in the states, and everywhere!
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One of the best Ted talks ever!
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I ride my bicycle because the feeling you get, the sensations experienced, the rewards, are to the highest artistic levels of my essence. I think I can just say, because I love it. The right to the road should be given to those avoiding contamination and to the ones that offers lower accidental risk, as it was demonstrated in this video. Public/emergency transportation excepted. Pleasure cars and motorcycles (electric included) should pay higher taxes for the luxury to use the road while contaminating and because of the higher space occupied. They should drive carefully demonstrating respect to non-motorized vehicles.
