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The word commonly refers to fans along the roadside at professional road cycling races in Italy such as Tirreno–Adriatico, Milan–San Remo, the Giro d'Italia, and the Giro di Lombardia. [72] Time trial A race against the clock where riders are started separately (ranging from 30 seconds to 5 minutes apart).
Cycling, [1] also known as bicycling [2] or biking, [3] is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world for purposes including transport, recreation, exercise, and competitive sport.
Cycling is an activity on a bicycle. cycling may also refer to: Sports. The sport of cycling; The hockey strategy of cycling; Publications. Bicycling;
Cyclists in the 2021 Giro d'Italia race OP Grand Prix, a one-hour cycling competition in Porvoo, Finland, on June 11th 2005. The first bicycle race is popularly held to have been a 1,200 m (3,900 ft) race on the 31 May 1868 at the Parc de Saint-Cloud, Paris, France. [2]
Also sometimes used to describe suspension components, for example a swing arm pivot axle; Bar ends: extensions at the end of straight handlebars to allow for multiple hand positions; Bar plugs or end caps: plugs for the ends of handlebars; Basket: it is an optional attachment on a bike and is used for carrying things
Cycling is the most common form of transit in Amsterdam Bicycle culture can refer to a mainstream culture that supports the use of bicycles or to a subculture . Although "bike culture" is often used to refer to various forms of associated fashion , it is erroneous to call fashion in and of itself a culture.
By the end of that century, cycling was a fashion or fad which was reflected in the popular songs of the day. The most famous of these was "Daisy Bell", [1] inspired by the phrase "a bicycle made for two". [2] The vogue for cycling songs continued into the Edwardian era and modern examples continue to appear in the 21st century. [3]
Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...