A for and against essay by Judith Balcells Solé

 

THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF USING A BIKE AS A MEANS OF TRANSPORT

Nowadays, there's a lot of people who use a bike as a means of transport. Many people think that using a bike more than the car or the bus is a good idea, but there are opinions both for and against it.

On the one hand, using a bike is environmentally friendly because it doesn't contaminate, so in this way we can reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide and the climate change. Moreover, to ride a bike can help us to increase our health and become fit, because we are doing physical exercice. Furthermore, we can go to the places in a bike with our fiends, family or couple and it can be funnier than going in a car.

On the other hand, the bike is slower than the car and we can feel exhausted if we aren't fit, so we can't go to a far place because it would take many days or weeks to arrive. In addition, only one person can ride a bike, so we have to spend a lot of money to buy a bike for each person, and we can also fall down.

To sum up, I think that using a bike as a means of transport has interesting benefits because we can help our planet and our health, so my opinion is that we should try to use bikes a little more.