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6 unusual facts about Bicycle


2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's junior race

Two riders, Mattias Nilsson from Sweden and Eduardo Recasens Gasso from Spain, were disqualified for riding through the pits without changing bikes.

Gerda Weissensteiner

She finished seventh in the 2-woman bobsleigh (with the former biker Antonella Bellutti, gold medalist in cycling) at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Ishibutai Kofun

Bicycle rentals are also available at numerous points around the station, and cost approximately 1000 yen a day.

Kayempur

Van, Bicycle, Motorcycle are the main forms of transportation used within the village.

Korowa Anglican Girls' School

Students choose between journeying through the Victorian Alps by foot, bike and canoe; or spending time in city, urban, regional and country places, where students are taken outside their comfort zone to explore the self and connect with the wider community.

World Bicycle Relief

In partnership with World Vision, Trek Bicycle and local government, World Bicycle Relief provided 24,3676 bicycles in Sri Lanka to men, women and children in greatest need following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.


Abelardo Gandía Valdés

Abelardo Gandía Valdés (born September 5, 1977 in Requena) is a cyclist from Spain.

Aladdin Deck Enhancer

BMX Simulator is a licensed product of the BMX sports bike line, where the player controls a bicycle rider in a top view looking down at the track, similar to Super Sprint.

Around the world cycling record

On 14 February 2008, Mark Beaumont completed a circumnavigation of the globe by bicycle in 194 days and 17 hours.

Ballona

Ballona is the name of two landforms and a bicycle path in West Los Angeles.

Bert Hardy

Hardy freelanced for The Bicycle magazine, and bought his first small-format Leica 35 mm.

Bicycle commuting

March 2007 - Bicycle Commuters Benefits Act (H.R.807, S.2635), introduced by Senator Ron Wyden (Democrat-OR), and currently co-sponsored by Senators Olympia Snowe (Republican-ME), Maria Cantwell (Democrat-WA), Susan Collins (Republican-ME), Richard Durbin (Democrat-Ill), Robert Menendez (Democrat-NJ), Daniel Inouye (Democrat-HI), Norm Coleman (Republican-MN), and Mike Enzi (Republican-WY).

Biker Boy

Biker Boy is based in Greater Boston, Massachusetts, where he frequents local biking areas to spread awareness for bicycle safety.

Brambilla

Pierre Brambilla, former French former professional road bicycle racer

Cleveland motorcycle

After receivership in 1907, merged with the American Bicycle Company to form Pope Manufacturing Company.

E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency

Edward C. Stearns continued to design important components for his bicycle line in much the same manner as he designed tools for his hardware enterprise, E. C. Stearns & Company.

East Bay Bicycle Coalition

The coalition, and its diverse constituencies, have achieved numerous public policy accomplishments over the years in areas of state and local legislation and administrative regulation to include: helping secure $1 billion in funding for the Regional Bicycle Network included in MTC's T2035 Plan; bicycle access on BART trains, all Bay Area ferry services, all East Bay bus systems, as well as bicycle access on Golden Gate Transit buses across the Richmond-San Rafael bridge.

Easthampton, Massachusetts

Recently, the Manhan Rail Trail bicycle path was built over an old railroad line, and there are plans to connect the path to others in the area.

Frank Buttle

In December 1950, the Sunday Dispatch wrote of him: "People who do not know the Reverend William Francis Buttle feel sorry for him as he trundles his ancient bicycle through London’s East End or shuffles along the grey streets in shoes several sizes too big for him and clothes from which the linings hang in ribbons.

Fränk Schleck

Their father, Johny Schleck, was a professional road bicycle racer between 1965 and 1974, as was their grandfather, Gustave Schleck, who contested events in the 1930s.

Gaiole in Chianti

Each year in March, a professional bicycle race is held, known as Strade Bianche in reference to the white gravel roads of the Sienna region.

GreenWheel

Developed by William J. Mitchell and other team members at the Smart Cities project at the MIT Media Lab, the GreenWheel puts the motor and its batteries inside a housing that fits into the bicycle's wheel hub.

Harry Dacre

Dacre had a hit in 1892 with the song "Daisy Bell" (aka "A Bicycle Built for Two"), made famous by Katie Lawrence, and then in 1899 with the song "I'll Be Your Sweetheart".

Iron Horse Trail

Iron Horse Regional Trail, a pedestrian and bicycle trail in the San Francisco Bay Area in California

Irving Bluestone

He spent a year at the University of Bern in Switzerland, where he bought a bicycle for $2 and toured Europe.

Javier Ochoa Palacios

Javier Ochoa Palacios (born August 30, 1974 in Vizcaya) is a cyclist from Spain.

Jeffersonville, Indiana

In February 2011, Kentucky governor Steve Beshear and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced that the two states, along with the City of Jeffersonville, would allocate $22 million in funding to complete the Big Four Bridge project– creating a pedestrian and bicycle path to link Louisville and Jeffersonville.

Kralupy nad Vltavou

Three bridges across the Vltava River are in the town - Masaryk Bridge (a highway bridge built in 1920s), a footbridge with bicycle lane (built in 1990s) and a railway bridge.

Kryptonite lock

In an early test of the Kryptonite lock, a bicycle was locked to a signpost in Greenwich Village in New York City for thirty days.

Londonderry Lithia

As a marketing promotion, a young woman Annie Kopchovsky, the first woman to bicycle around the world, changed her name in 1895 to Annie Londonderry and carried the company's placard on her journey.

Merckx

Eddy Merckx, a bicycle racer of the 1960s and 1970s, and the father of Axel Merckx

Oberbeck

Willi Oberbeck (1910–1979), German professional road bicycle racer

Oroz

Juan José Oroz (born 1980), Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Euskaltel-Euskadi

Pierre Michaux

Michaux is often given credit for the idea of attaching pedals to the dandy horse, and thus for the invention of the bicycle—however, bicycle historian David V. Herlihy thinks that it was Lallement who deserves that credit.

Raid the Cage

Vacation abroad: Bicycle task - The constestant must ride on a bike simulator that its map simulates a section of Rome, so he/she can take a globe and win the vacation.

Richard A. Lovett

He has also cauthored two running books with marathon legend Alberto Salazar, plus two books on bicycle touring and one on cross-country skiing.

Saiz

Manolo Saiz (born 1959), the team manager of Spanish professional road bicycle racing teams

San Diego Creek bicycle path

It is the major bicycle backbone of Irvine and connects major points such as Newport Beach, University of California, Irvine, Boomers, Colonel Bill Barber Park, Irvine Civic Center, The Crossroads Shopping Center, Woodbridge High School, Woodbridge Community Park, Atria Senior Residential Area, Windrow Community Park, Irvine Medical Complex, and ultimately, Irvine Spectrum Center.

Southend Central railway station

It involved the complete refurbishment of the ticket office and toilets and the construction of a new forecourt on the north side of the station (leading to Platform 2 which has Shoeburyness-bound services) opposite the University of Essex Southend Campus, with new steps and Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (DDA) compliant handrails on both sides of the canopy, and a new glass roof and lighting over the bicycle parking area there.

Stevie May

At the start of the league season, BBC commentator Rob MacLean described him as "having been pumped up with a bicycle pump" due to his weight training and maturing out of his teenage years over the summer months.

Stubben

More shopping and cultural activities are only 4 km away in Beverstedt, which is also easily accessible by bicycle.

Sucker pole

Bicycle theft is fed mainly from the fact that it generates about $350 million annually and that the risk to criminals is relatively low even compared with stealing an IPhone, a television, or a car in cities such as San Francisco and Chicago which are considered "bike friendly" cities.

Sunset Transit Center

The bicycle parking cage was built at a cost of $275,000, using federal economic-stimulus funding, and has a capacity of 74 bicycles.

Syncros

In the late 1990s, the company had financial difficulties and was sold to the large U.S. based bicycle company GT.

Telegram messenger

In the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States and other countries around the world, a telegram messenger, more often known as a telegram delivery boy or simply a telegram boy was a young male employed to deliver telegrams, usually on bicycle.

The Bizarro Jerry

Also seen in the background of Kevin's apartment is a unicycle, which also is a reflection on Jerry's bicycle hanging in his apartment, and a PC - the opposite of Jerry's Mac.

Vinod Punamiya

On 20 February 2011 he claimed to have cycled a distance of 1485 km from India Gate, New Delhi to Gateway of India, Mumbai in 31 hours on bicycle.

Vogels

Henk Vogels (born 1973), Australian professional road bicycle racer

Waymouth Street, Adelaide

Across from the intersection with West Terrace is a service road for Adelaide High School and an entrance point to shared pedestrian and bicycle tracks in the western parklands.

Wheelie bike

Other notable manufacturers and retailers that offered models include AMF, CCM, Columbia, Huffy, Iverson, J. C. Penney, Malvern Star, Monark, Murray, Ross, Sears, and Vindec.

Wladimiro

Wladimiro Panizza (1945 - 2002), an Italian professional road bicycle racer

World Naked Bike Ride Seattle

For the first time ever in Seattle, a clothing-optional bike ride went through the Central and Madrona Districts of Seattle to begin its trek down Lake Washington Boulevard, which was originally designed as a bicycle path by the Olmsted Brothers.

Zubeldia

Joseba Zubeldia (born in Usurbil, Basque Country), Spanish professional road bicycle racer


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