Bike Month Day 25: Man bicycles himself out of high blood pressure!

John suffered from high blood pressure. He was prescribed medication to a try to reduce it to a safe level, but it wasn't working.

According to the Mayo Clinic, the dangers associated with high blood pressure are numerous and both life and quality of life threatening. (I've copied a list of some these dangers to the end of this post - click here to visit the Mayo Clinic website for more details.)

One month ago John's car died, which may seem unfortunate, but as it turns out ... the death of John's car was very agreeable to John's heart.

Without a car, John began bicycling to get around, and in the video below John shares what happened:

John joyfully spoke to the staff at East Coasters about his new bicycling life. I caught up with him as he was leaving and John was nice enough to talk to me all about bicycling too, and ...

I noticed that John had equipped his bike with Dinotte bicycle lighting. I'm a bicycle hi-vis lighting geek, and I'd heard about the super-bright ultra-high visibilty (and expensive) Dinotte lighting, but I'd never seen a set in person.

Since John is riding on the roads all the time I'm really happy and feel safe knowing my new found cycling friend has invested in this incredible lighting system.

Check out this video to see just how impressive John's Dinotte 400L lighting system is:

So, if like John, you've got high blood pressure, I hope you find some comfort in this post ... in knowing that a fun resolution could be as simple as enjoying bicycling to get around.

And if you will be bicycling, please consider running ultra-high visibility lighting day and night to help keep you safe :)


Here are some of the Dangers Associated with High Blood Pressure (from www.mayoclinic.com):

• Artieries 
• Artery damage and narrowing. 
• Aneurysm. 
• Heart 
• Coronary artery disease. 
• Left Ventricular Hypertrophy - thickening or stiffening of the left ventricle which increases your risk of heart attack, heart failure and sudden cardiac death. 
• Heart Failure 
• Brain 
• Transient ischemic attack (TIA). 
• Stroke 
• Dementia 
• Mild Cognitive Impairment 
• Kidneys 
• Failure 
• Scarring 
• Kidney Artery Aneurysm 
• Eyes 
• Blood Vessel Damage 
• Fluid Build up Under the Retina 
• Sexual Dysfunction 
• Erectile Dysfunction 
• Decreased Sexual Desire / Arousal 
• Vaginal Dryness 
• Difficulty Achieving Orgasm