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One Man’s Bike Ride To Offset Type 2 Diabetes

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Published May 13, 2016 at 12:33 PM EDT
Jaime Rangel volunteers as a bike mechanic at a free event in Fresno on March 18. Rangel, 26, says biking was a lifesaver and helped him get rid of his Type 2 diabetes as a teen. (Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)
Jaime Rangel volunteers as a bike mechanic at a free event in Fresno on March 18. Rangel, 26, says biking was a lifesaver and helped him get rid of his Type 2 diabetes as a teen. (Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)

Bike riders in Fresno, California are pushing the city to invest in more bike lanes. They say they don’t feel safe on the streets, and that makes it hard to commute and exercise. Farida Jhabvala Romero from Here & Now contributor KQED visited Fresno and met one man who says biking changed his life.

Read Farida Jhabvala Romero’s full piece here.

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