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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.
A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A bicycle rider is called a cyclist, or bicyclist. Bicycles were introduced in the 19th century in Europe. By the early 21st century there were more ...
A wooden balance bike. A balance bike (or run bike) is a bicycle without pedals that learners propel by pushing their feet against the ground. [1] By allowing children to focus on developing their sense of balance and coordination before introducing pedalling, balance bikes enable independent riding more quickly than training wheels.
A pedal cycle, commonly known as a bicycle is driven by legs and feet on pedals. A hand-cranked bicycle or handcycle is driven by arms and hands. A rowing cycle is driven by a rowing action using both arms and legs. A treadle bicycle is driven by a reciprocating, not rotary, motion of the feet. A bucking bike (with one or more eccentric wheels ...
1886 Swift Safety Bicycle. Vehicles that have two wheels and require balancing by the rider date back to the early 19th century. The first means of transport making use of two wheels arranged consecutively, and thus the archetype of the bicycle, was the German draisine dating back to 1817.
Bicycle parts. List of bicycle parts by alphabetic order: . Axle: as in the generic definition, a rod that serves to attach a wheel to a bicycle and provides support for bearings on which the wheel rotates.
Charge cycle, charging and discharging a rechargeable battery; Thermodynamic cycle, a sequence of processes that transfer heat and work into and out of a system; Wave cycle, the repeatable part of a periodic wave; Cyclic, a primary flight control for helicopters; Cyclic compound; Cycle in cycle per second, which is a unit of frequency (rate of ...
In 1973, Honda trademarked the term "All Terrain Cycle" (ATC), applying it to all Honda's three-wheeled ATVs; it became a universal name associated with all vehicles of this type. It was directly influenced by earlier 6-wheeled AATVs of the sixties, and utilized balloon tires for both a low environmental impact and to compensate for a lack of ...