Outline of cycling explained
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to cycling:
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the activity of using / riding bicycles, (at least partially) human-powered, wheeled vehicles (typically by foot pedalling),[1] for purposes including transport, recreation, social interaction, exercise, sport, therapy, other purposes,[2] or any combination thereof.[3]
Persons engaged in cycling are called cyclists,[4] bikers, or sometimes bicyclists.[5] They typically either dress for where they are going, or for the cycling, sometimes having another set of clothing with them, or arranged.
Apart from regular two-wheeled bicycles, cycling also includes riding unicycles, tricycles, quadricycles, balance bikes, and other similar human-powered wheeled vehicles (HPVs).
Some bicycles are sold with (electric) motors (e-bikes), or other motor assistance.
Cycling is practiced either solo on the vehicle, or with company, including passengers, riding in front,[6] or sitting on the cycle's luggage carrier, or little children and/or pet animals in appropriate seats or such fixed to the bike, or occasionally actually riding with more than one person, cooperatively, on anything from a simple twin / tandem bicycle, to a multi-person party bike.
Cycling is most frequently practiced on-road, but also off-road, either mixed with other traffic, on distinct cycle lanes, separate, segregated, cycle tracks, or the sidewalk.
What is cycling?
Cycling can be described as all of the following:
Cycling equipment
The first piece of equipment is a bicycle (see Outline of bicycles).
Some jurisdictions require these by law:
Used, but not always necessary:
Cycling law and safety
See main article: Bicycle law and Bicycle safety.
Health impact
Types of cycling
Cycling sport
Bicycle racing
Doping in cycling
Track cycling
Summer Olympics
Cycling infrastructure
Bike paths and trails
- Bike paths and trails by country:
- Australia
- Canada
- Beltline Trail (Toronto, Ontario)
- Capital Pathway (Ottawa, Ontario)
- Cataraqui Trail (Ontario)
- Cycloparc PPJ (Pontiac, Quebec)
- Iron Horse Trail, Ontario (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario)
- Parc Linéaire Le P'tit Train du Nord (Laurentians, Quebec)
- Riverfront Bike Trail, Windsor, Ontario
- Riverfront Trail, Greater Moncton (New Brunswick)
- Route Verte (Quebec)
- Tomifobia Nature Trail (Eastern Townships, Quebec)
- West Toronto Railpath (Toronto, Ontario)
- Denmark
- Europe:
- United States († - indicates primarily for hiking):
Bicycle sharing systems
Bicycle sharing system
Cycling by region
Cycling in the media
Cycling movements
- Bike bus (Bike train) - Escorted group of cyclists in an urban environment for transportation safely, and often as student transport.
- Critical Mass - cycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month in over 300 cities around the world.[7]
Cycling clubs and organisations
Cycling clubs
Cycling organisations
History of cycling
History of road cycling
History of cycling at the Summer Olympics
See main article: Cycling at the Summer Olympics.
History of cycling at the Pan American Games
Other
See main article: Cycling at the Commonwealth Games.
Notable cyclists
See also
Notes and References
- but occasionally powered by the arms,
- like walking your dog while riding,
- Book: Oxford English Dictionary. registration. Second. 1989. Oxford University Press. cycling: The action or activity of riding a bicycle etc..
- Book: Oxford English Dictionary. Second. 1988. Oxford University Press. cyclist: One who rides a cycle or practises cycling..
- Book: Oxford English Dictionary. registration. Second. 1989. Oxford University Press. bicyclist: One who rides a bicycle..
- for instance in the box of a cargo bike,
- London: How cyclists around the world put a spoke in the motorist's wheel. https://archive.today/20120529190357/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/729324/London-How-cyclists-around-the-world-put-a-spoke-in-the-motorist%27s-wheel.html. dead. May 29, 2012. Richard Madden. December 15, 2003. The Daily Telegraph . UK.
