Our guiding principles:
Bicycle Touring is a healthy, environmentally friendly, economical, safe, and fun means of transportation. It prevents traffic congestion and carbon emissions, improves health, and saves money for those who choose to cycle; it also saves money for society as a whole in roadway infrastructure, and health-care related costs.
 Bicycle Touring is Fun
Bicycle Touring is fun for everyone! Whether it's riding to watch the sunset, or riding to see a movie or go out to dinner with the family, riding to visit a friend, cycling to work, or making a quick trip to the grocery store, a bicycle can take you anywhere you want to go.
Bicycle Touring is Healthy
Cycling is an excellent means of aerobic exercise, improving the respiratory and circulatory systems in the body, while helping to prevent a variety of degenerative diseases. In a fast-paced society like ours, in which there is little time left to exercise, why not incorporate much needed exercise into Bicycle Touring to the destinations that you need to get to during the day?
Bicycle Touring is Economical
For those who cannot afford a car, or for whom owning a car is an economic struggle, a bicycle offers an alternative means of transportation. Riding a bike can save you a lot of money while having a great time in the process! Cycling enables better access to community and employment resources for low-income residents.
Bicycle Touring is Environmentally Friendly
A bicycle is powered entirely by human energy; it requires only renewable resources to operate and emits no harmful chemicals into the air, ground, or water. By bicycling you can help to improve air quality and traffic congestion problems. Choosing to bicycle is a decision which will be appreciated by all, when we can breathe more easily and can clearly see the beautiful mountains that surround our valley.
Bicycle Touring is Efficient
Why not ride the most efficient form of transportation? A four mile commute is as easy as a stroll through the mall. Bicycling is the most efficient form of transportation in the known universe.
Bicycle Touring is Safe
With proper knowledge of safety precautions and the law, bicycling can be as safe as driving a car. The statistics suggest that compared to being in a car,being on a bike is safe.
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