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Manchester Velodrome is an indoor Olympic-standard cycle-racing track in Manchester, England, which opened in 1994.Part of the National Cycling Centre, the facility has been home to British Cycling since 1994, coinciding with the nation's rise to track cycling dominance at World and Olympic level.
Distances vary considerably. Depending on fitness, speed and the number of stops, the rider usually covers between 50–150 kilometres (31–93 mi) per day. A short tour over a few days may cover as little as 200 kilometres (120 mi) and a long tour may go right across a country or around the world. There are many different types of bicycle touring:
Velodrome. Banking in the turns, called cant, allows riders to keep their bikes relatively perpendicular to the surface while riding at speed.When travelling through the turns at racing speed, which may exceed 85 km/h (52.8 mph), the banking attempts to match the natural lean of a bicycle moving through that curve.
On a recent tour along the shoreline of White Bear Lake, Mike Brooks pointed out the sections that have a bike path, celebrating each newly installed bench, wayfinding sign and light along the way ...
Sydney Thomas, also known as “Viral Ring Girl” after being thrust into the spotlight after appearing at the Jake Paul–Mike Tyson fight last month, is returning to the squared circle. Thomas ...
Under the promotion of Harry Mendel, however, the sport, for the first time began to decline due to lack of spectator interest." [8] Jimmy Walthour said: "Six-day races began to fade in 1938. It was about that time when the skater Sonja Henie was given preference to appearance dates in Madison Square Garden. December was a traditional Garden ...
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling sports include artistic cycling, cycle polo, freestyle BMX, mountain bike trials, hardcourt bike polo and cycleball.
The 2023 Paris–Tours was the 117th edition of the Paris–Tours road cycling classic. It was held on 8 October 2023 as part of the 2023 UCI ProSeries calendar.