New routine and business Idea:
Biking and Bike courier system
A few months
ago, I've bought a new road bike and added a routine in my schedule,
biking. Every Saturday morning I try to
ride at least 40 km along Daang Hari. It's a road built in 2004 connecting Las
Pinas to Bacoor, Cavite,
San Pedro laguna and Muntinlupa. I bought the bike as alternative exercise for
badminton and basketball when I was diagnose with an ACL tear on my right knee.
There are
lots of benefits in biking and this includes getting you sound and fit.
1. Weight reduction: A 30 minutes biking let you loose 230 calories. With proper bike fit and position, you strengthen your upper body and legs because of the continuous movement of legs. It does not strain your knees and feet as it does not carry your full weight, less stress is achieve. Off course you have to wear safety apparel such as helmet, proper cycling shoes, gloves and protection from heat and proper hydration. It is a means of working out to reduce those excess weights. It also contributes to one's overall health by increasing cardiovascular fitness, strength, endurance, flexibility, stamina and maintaining body balance.
2. Cost Savings: It saves you from doctor's visit, medications and expensive treatments.
3. Recreation: It allows people to go to different places and meet other people, socialized. You can also encourage your family to go out and become fit.
4. Environment friendly: Apart from maintaining good health, you contribute a lot to the environment because you save on gas, oil and maintenance charges if you use car. You contribute to reduction of carbon emission from cars.
One business
idea that biking can do is to have delivery system or bike courier system. It
can help solve environmental issue because of no carbon emissions. It can
deliver fast compare to delivery cars or vans as it can avoid heavy traffic. It
can help provide job opportunities. Though it may have limited items that can
be carried or delivered, it is advantageous if you need to deliver documents or
small packages, urgent notes and messages that need to be delivered in short
distances. Instead of driving a car or courier vans, you do not have to worry
about encountering traffic, looking for parking spaces. Maybe we can see again
those boys delivering newspaper, only this time it is not newspaper. We can
innovate by partnering with small enterprise where they can outsource a part of
their logistics in delivering small items or documents. With the internet
technology, the bike courier system may have small rate of success, but
probably understanding micro-market may provide opportunity. There will always
be room for improvement. 3
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