With the summers already in tow, footwear is something that many of us don't bother much about. As long as we have a couple of fancy pairs for the workplace and a few flip-on's for home, life seems okay. But footwear is often a much neglected part of hygiene as well as environment.

According to a study by the Soles4Souls.org, a environment-oriented solutions providing organisation, human beings throw away nearly 700, 000 tons of apparel and footwear in landfills annually. Of this, nearly 300 million are simply shoes. Samaritan's Feet International, another such organization, have come up with shocking data as well. According to them "two billion people worldwide are currently plagued with parasitic diseases that could be prevented by wearing shoes".

In today's time, what's the best and the fittest way to commute?

Riding a bike!

The gas prices are not going to go down any day, we need to exercise often and stay in-shape and cars just add on more to pollution. So it's about time to get on those bikes that are just lying in the garage.

Riding a bike on a busy road is often considered not-so safe, since bikers have to share the roads with other vehicles, increasing the accident chances as hearing a bike horn is next to impossible.