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The bicycle artisans
A guide to 88 of the creative bicycle makers working today. It includes established names such as Achielle, Cielo Cycles and Corima and new kids on the block such as Art & Industry, Bondi Beach Cruisers and Foffa, as well as product designers (Torkel Dohmers, Marc Newson).
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Pedal it! : how bicycles are changing the world
\"Pedal It! celebrates the humble bicycle--from the very first boneshakers to the sleek racing bikes of today, from handlebars to spokes to gear sprockets--and shows you why and how bikes can make the world a better place.\"--Amazon.com.
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OP34 Inequities in Bicycle Usage: Socio-Demographic Predictors of Uptake and Usage of a Public Bicycle Sharing Scheme in London, UK
Background Cycling confers individual and population-level health benefits. Increasing numbers of cities are therefore introducing public bicycle sharing schemes, with London’s Barclays Cycle Hire (BCH) scheme introduced in July 2010. Yet uptake of cycling is not equitable across socio-demographic groups. We sought to examine the characteristics of the BCH scheme’s registered users, and to explore characteristics associated with usage. Methods For users registering in the first seven months of the scheme, we obtained complete BCH registration and usage data, comprising: title (from which we inferred gender); home postcode; date of registration; access type; and number of trips made. We used postcodes to calculate distance to the nearest ‘docking station’ and to assign small-area-level data on ethnic composition, income deprivation, and the prevalence of commuter cycling. We compared characteristics of registered users with local residents and workers in the inner-London area served by the scheme. We used multi-level linear regression to examine correlates of ‘mean number of trips’, and logistic regression to examine correlates of ‘ever use’. Results 100,801 registered individuals made 2.5 million trips between July 2010 and March 2011. Compared with local residents and workers, registered individuals were more likely to be male and to live in areas of low deprivation and high cycling prevalence. Among those registered, females made 1.63 (95%CI 1.74,1.53) fewer trips per month than males. In combination with the fact that fewer females registered in the first place, this meant that only 17.8% of the total number of BCH trips were made by females. Adjusting for the fact that deprived areas were less likely to be close to BCH docking stations, users in the most deprived areas made 0.85 (95%CI 0.63,1.07) more trips per month than those in the least deprived areas. Conclusion Females and residents in deprived areas are underrepresented among users of London’s public bicycle sharing scheme. Indeed, the BCH scheme currently appears to be less gender-equal than cycling in general in London. Nevertheless, registered users in more deprived areas made more trips on average, suggesting there may be a greater latent demand for cycling in these areas. The scheme’s expansion into more deprived areas from Spring 2012 has, therefore, the potential to create a more socio-economically equitable uptake of cycling.
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Bicycle : the definitive visual history
\"From BMX and mountain biking to track and road racing, this ... guide features the latest high-performance bikes and cycling technology, as well as key models from eras gone by. Virtual tours showcase important bike designs, like the Bianchi Paris Roubaix, and close-up photographs focus on design elements, components, and construction\"--Amazon.com.
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Correction: Li et al. Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Citizens’ Mobility Based on E-Bike GPS Trajectory Data in Tengzhou City, China. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5003
The author would like to make the following corrections about the published paper [...]
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Bicycles
Before a product ever reaches store shelves, it first has to be made. Learn about the steps of production in How Do They Make That? This series uses exciting images and easy-to-read text to show young readers how raw materials are turned into the finished products that people buy.
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Measuring the Destination Accessibility of Cycling Transfer Trips in Metro Station Areas: A Big Data Approach
Cycling is a green, sustainable, and healthy choice for transportation that has been widely advocated worldwide in recent years. It can also encourage the use of public transit by solving the “last-mile” issue, because transit passengers can cycle to and from transit stations to achieve a combination of speed and flexibility. Cycling as a transfer mode has been shown to be affected by various built environment characteristics, such as the urban density, land-use mix, and destination accessibility, that is, the ease with which cyclists can reach their destinations. However, cycling destination accessibility is loosely defined in the literature and the methods of assessing cycling accessibility is often assumed to be equivalent to walking accessibility using the same decay curves, such as the negative exponential function, which ignores the competitive relationship between cycling and walking within a short distance range around transit stations. In this study, we aim to fill the above gap by measuring the cycling destination accessibility of metro station areas using data from more than three million bicycle-metro transfer trips from a dockless bicycle-sharing program in Shenzhen, China. We found that the frequency of bicycle-metro trips has a positive association with a trip distance of 500 m or less and a negative association with a trip distance beyond 500 m. A new cycling accessibility metric with a lognormal distribution decay curve was developed by considering the distance decay characteristics and cycling’s competition with walking. The new accessibility model outperformed the traditional model with an exponential decay function, or that without a distance decay function, in predicting the frequency of bicycle-metro trips. Hence, to promote bicycle-metro integration, urban planners and government agencies should carefully consider the destination accessibility of metro station areas.
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Cyclist bikelist : the book for every rider
A guide to bicycles and bicycling discusses the history of bicycles, their parts, different types, and choosing the right one; bicycling safety and clothing; bicycle maintenance; and famous cyclists.
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