mikeh1727

I do it every day- have done for years.

Pays off in spades in weight loss, fitness, reduction in car-related hassle, and contary to popular belief you don’t often get wet riding to work in the uk.

Google on ‘bike to work’, or plenty of material at http://www.ctc.org.uk

In the uk you can get very generous tax breaks if your employer buys you a bike and leases it back to you..no VAT, paid for out of pre-tax income gives you up to 47% off the retial price- add in the benefits of say a three-year repayment scheme and you really are laughing.

ACT and Booost:
http://www.multimit.com/cgi-bin/ACT/ACTcgi.pl?pg=59&sId=2&tId=15

Booost
http://www.booost.uk.com/

Halfords’ Bikes4Work:
http://www.halfordsb2b.com/bikes4work-schemes.asp

Guardian article
http://money.guardian.co.uk/tax/story/0,1456,1500422,00.html

Gliding- go for an aerotow launch rather than a winch launch. You’ll get a higher lift from an aerotow, and a longer flight.

I went a couple of years ago, and it’s a wonderful, spellbinding experience- incredibly quiet and serene. Make sure you get to have a go at flying, it’s not very hard.