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Bike! : your guide to mountain biking, BMX, road and fast-track racing, C-X racing and more
Explores various aspects of biking, including mountain biking, BMX biking, road racing, and fast-track racing.
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Road cycling
Introduces cycling, discusses the history of bicycles and racing, and describes its parts and the materials used to make them.
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Provisional COVID-19 infrastructure induces large, rapid increases in cycling
The bicycle is a low-cost means of transport linked to low risk of transmission of infectious disease. During the COVID-19 crisis, governments have therefore incentivized cycling by provisionally redistributing street space. We evaluate the impact of this new bicycle infrastructure on cycling traffic using a generalized difference in differences design. We scrape daily bicycle counts from 736 bicycle counters in 106 European cities. We combine these with data on announced and completed pop-up bike lane road work projects. Within 4 mo, an average of 11.5 km of provisional pop-up bike lanes have been built per city and the policy has increased cycling between 11 and 48% on average. We calculate that the new infrastructure will generate between $1 and $7 billion in health benefits per year if cycling habits are sticky.
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My rows and piles of coins
A Tanzanian boy saves his coins to buy a bicycle so that he can help his parents carry goods to market, but then he discovers that in spite of all he has saved, he still does not have enough money.
The Making of the Simpson Chain Poster: How Photographer Jules Beau Helped Henry De Toulouse-Lautrec
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec created the Simpson Chain poster in 1896 as part of a marketing campaign for the new bicycle chain. The artist struggled during the creation of the work. He had trouble to come up with a representation acceptable to his client—little wonder, as it was his first attempt to catch cyclists in full action and he was under time pressure. The poster has led to numerous interpretations as to what and who is shown. This is not surprising as the sport has changed so much that certain types of bicycles and the associated terminology have sunk into oblivion. We need insights about the state of the art in cycle racing in 1896 to help interpret the image. There is strong evidence that the artist used what was available to be successful: it is likely that he knew the work of Paris photographer Jules Beau and used his pictures to get the details right.
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On a bike
Introduces bicycles, including the different parts, why people ride bicycles, and different sports involving cycling.
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Bikes on the move
A broad introduction to bicycles, including bicycle history, bike safety, and an examination of the many different types of bicycling, from mountain biking to motocross.
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Direito à cidade e mobilidade urbana: a bicicleta na cidade do automóvel
O presente trabalho tem como objetivo compreender se há uma política pública cicloviária em Maringá e se esta promove o direito à cidade e à mobilidade daqueles que se locomovem de bicicleta pela cidade. Para tanto, fez-se necessário compreender os processos decisórios de atores políticos nas arenas de discussão sobre o tema da mobilidade urbana maringaense bem como de que maneira se implementaram os projetos cicloviários existentes na cidade. A pesquisa, de cunho qualitativo, construiu-se a partir de análise de documentos públicos e noticiários, bem como de uma revisão da literatura da área em conjunto com produções acadêmicas de áreas distintas. Pôde-se concluir que a cidade não possui uma política pública cicloviária, uma vez que seus projetos foram constituídos de maneira esparsa em distintas gestões, atendendo à interesses específicos e para a obtenção de recursos da esfera federal. Conclui-se também que a ausência de uma política de mobilidade urbana e, mais especificamente , cicloviária, inibe o acesso à cidade e à mobilidade por parte dos ciclistas que se locomovem no meio urbano diariamente, uma vez que Maringá se estabelece como a cidade com a maior taxa de acidentes envolvendo vítimas dos dez maiores municípios do Paraná.
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