Amusing Bicycle Facts
Let’s bring you some of the
amusing Bicycle Facts for teens
and kids. Loaded with information
of history, evolution, popularity,
structuring, recreational cycling,
professional cycling and much
more about bicycles.
Cycling Evolution
Bicycle is a manual vehicle
driven by user/driver with
the help of pedals, with a
set and 2 wheels. No fuel is required to keep it going except your own moving
legs.
Cycling has got fame and eminence in early 20s with increasing trend of cycling
clubs, camps and races.
Two or more people can ride Tandem bicycles at a time.
Bicycles are used for various purposes like courier delivery, racing, recreational
purposes, transportation and a lot more.
Unicycles and tricycles though don’t have 2 wheels, yet sometimes refer to as bicycle.
In 1800s, the concept and prototype of two wheeled transportation was initialized and
developed, from pushed powered bikes through mechanical crank that drives with
pedals.
The word bicycle came from French word ‘bicyclette’. Before the word bicycle became
popular, bikes were typically called ‘velocipedes’.
To efficiently use of their pedaling, cyclists use a high gear when going downward, a low
gear when going uphill and a medium gear on flat surfaces.
Evolution of bicycle from 80’s to 90’s
Now in 2015
Structuring
A bicycle characteristically transmits energy through a chain to the back wheels to move
along.
Various brake types in bicycle are disc brakes, internal hub brakes and rim brakes.
Taking advantage of the smoother surfaces that roads generally provide, road bikes
typically have thinner tires inflated to higher pressures than those found on mountain
bikes.
Cycling competitions
Cycling is more fun when it
comes to racing which
usually includes time trials,
BMX, mountain cycling,
velodromes cycling, track
cycling and other such
competitions.
Tour de France
The most popular cycle race in the world is Tour de France that was held in 1903 over the
period of three weeks, the annually changing route goes through the Pyrenees and Alps before
finishing in Paris.
Penny Farthing Bicycle
The early configuration
of a bicycle type called
Penny Farthing,
featuring the forward
wheel considerably
greater than the rear.
The name comes from
the old British Penny
and Farthing coins
which represent the
large and small wheels.
In the later years of 19s,
pneumatic tires came
along with rear
freewheel and coaster
brakes.
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