Free bikes for exercise: New Yorkers save money

New York's public bicycles were officially put into use in May this year, but now there is a group of people who treat the road as a gym and the bicycles as flywheels, pedaling backwards on stationary bicycles to achieve fitness effects. The reason is that in the United States, a flywheel fitness class costs at least US$34, equivalent to NT$1,000, but now it is completely free!

Recently in the United States, there is a new way of exercise that does not cost any money. Just sit on a public bicycle and pedal backwards. This is a new trick for New Yorkers to burn fat. People who exercise don't care about exposing their big bellies and still sweat under the scorching sun. Promoters say that riding a bicycle in place saves money and provides exercise.

But this way of exercise is not acceptable to everyone, and some people question whether it deprives other users of their rights. Taiwanese people who often use Ubike say that riding backwards and riding forwards are different ways of exercising, and that exercising on the street looks a bit funny and actually a bit embarrassing.

Source: ETtoday News Cloud (http://www.ettoday.net/)