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Indoor cycling, often called spinning, is a form of exercise with classes focusing on endurance, strength, intervals, high intensity (race days) and recovery, and involves using a special stationary exercise bicycle with a weighted flywheel in a classroom setting. [1] When people took cycling indoors in the late 19th century, whether for ...
The seat post attaches to the seat rails by means of a clamp; Seat lug: a frame lug on the top of the seat tube serving as a point of attachment for a clamp to secure the seat post; Seat tube: the roughly vertical tube in a bicycle frame running from the seat to the bottom bracket; Seat bag: a small storage accessory hung from the back of a seat
A small wheel bicycle, such as a Moulton Bicycle, has a traditional seating position and small wheels. A portable bicycle, such as a Strida, is a folding bicycle that is small and light enough to be easily carried afoot or in a cramped vehicle. An exercise bicycle remains stationary; it is used for exercise rather than propulsion.
Cycling. European city bike. Children riding a bike in Ghana. Cycling, [1] also known as bicycling[2] or biking, [3] is the activity of riding a bicycle or other type of cycle. It encompasses the use of human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles.
Magnetic resistance mechanism. A hybrid exercise bike and elliptical machine. A stationary bicycle (also known as exercise bicycle, exercise bike, spinning bike, spin bike, or exercycle) is a device used as exercise equipment for indoor cycling. It includes a saddle, pedals, and some form of handlebars arranged as on a (stationary) bicycle. [1][2]
The front wheel from a racing bicycle. Bicycle wheel with wooden rim Nipples Spokes Cross-section of a rim A Shimano Dura-Ace freehub-style hub. A bicycle wheel is a wheel, most commonly a wire wheel, designed for a bicycle. A pair is often called a wheelset, especially in the context of ready built "off the shelf" performance-oriented wheels.
Wilhelm von Bezold's 1874 Farbentafel. A color wheel or color circle[1] is an abstract illustrative organization of color hues around a circle, which shows the relationships between primary colors, secondary colors, tertiary colors etc. Some sources use the terms color wheel and color circle interchangeably; [2][3] however, one term or the ...
A short wheel base recumbent bicycle with two large wheels, usually between 559 and 622 mm in size. The kind of recumbent most similar to normal road bikes in characteristics. [62] Hill climb (race) A short distance uphill race, usually an individual time trial over approximately 3–5 km. See Hillclimbing (cycling).