Cycling benefits your mental health because the circular, regular movement is relaxing without putting sudden stresses on your joints. This has been shown to regulate your emotions as well as your breathing and movements. Also, moderate exercise like cycling is known to help with mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. Also, nothing benefits your psyche like fresh air and beautiful scenery, plenty of which you will get on a bike ride.

Mental health conditions like depression, stress and anxiety can be reduced by regular bike riding.

Exercise is known to reduce stress and incorporating biking can reduce stress in several different ways. Biking to work reduces the stress of sitting in a traffic jam, being late to work because of hold ups, or the financial stress to maintain your car.

Exercise in general has been shown to decrease anxiety and stress levels, and bicycling is a fun way to exercise. Keeping yourself out of traffic jams will also help in reducing stress.

In many ways cycling may be better than some other forms of exercise in relieving stress.