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Why We Ride From the time we first wobble away from Mom or Dad on two wheels, we're hooked. The mobility, the freedom that the bicycle brings is our first taste of independence. For many, that feeling persists, and bicycling becomes a lifelong love. It represents the promise of the open road, the enthralling sense of speed, the quiet places, the challenging trails-- all in the pleasant company of family, chums, or just yourself. And then there's that moment of terrified, bittersweet pride when your own child rides on once you have let go. 'The Noblest Invention 'celebrates this unique interaction between humans and machine. The editors of 'Bicycling 'magazine have created a unique history of the bicycle that illustrates, through personal essays and breathtaking photography, why this simple machine has captured the imagination of people of all ages around the world. Chronicling the evolution of the bicycle from the primitive wooden 'Laufmaschine 'to the high-tech mountain bike with its specialized frame and suspension, this book takes a fascinating look at the innovations, the early creators and their wares, and how the bike has had an impact on culture as a tool in the workplace and as an inspiration for artists and writers alike. From the timeless allure of the greatest annual sporting event, the Tour de France, celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, to the mystery of the bicycle's true inventor (did da Vinci really have a hand in it?), take a trip with this remarkable feat of engineering. Remember, relive, and most important, enjoy the ride.
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Successful cycling planning depends on combining improvements to infrastructure with education. There are chapters examining both national strategies and local initiatives in cities around the world, including such topics as changes to existing road infrastructure and the integration of cycling with public transport. Since education is a critical element in cycling planning, contributors also consider such topics as developing healthy travel habits in the young and ways of promoting cycling. A number of chapters look at the complex relationship between cars and cycling, discussing how roads ca
Cycling --- Commuting --- Government policy. --- Transportation --- Telecommuting --- Bicycle riding --- Bicycle transportation --- Bicycling --- Aerobic exercises --- Locomotion --- Bicycles --- Dicycles --- Tricycles --- Unicycles --- Handcycles
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National Policies to Promote Cycling brings together the experience of 21 countries and 7 municipalities in developing and implementing policies and measures to promote cycling as a means of travel. Based on the findings of the study, a Declaration on National Cycling Policies for Sustainable Urban Travel was agreed by ECMT Ministers at their 2004 Ljubljana Council. With this Declaration, Ministers recognised for the first time the importance of a national policy and institutional framework for promoting cycling.
Cycling. --- Business. --- Political Science. --- Cycling --- Urban transportation --- City transportation --- Metropolitan transportation --- Municipal transportation --- Transportation, Urban --- Bicycle riding --- Bicycle transportation --- Bicycling --- City planning --- Transportation --- Urban policy --- Aerobic exercises --- Locomotion --- Bicycles --- Dicycles --- Tricycles --- Unicycles --- Handcycles
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"Bicycling for Transportation examines the individual and societal factors of active transportation and biking behavior. The book uses an Interdisciplinary approach to provide a comprehensive overview of research related to bicycling for transportation. The book examines the variability in biking participation among different demographic groups, and the multiple levels of influence on biking, to better inform researchers and guide practitioners in the effective use of community resources, programming, and policy-making"--Back cover.
Bicycle commuting. --- Cycling. --- Bicycles. --- Bicycles and tricycles --- Bikes --- Cycles (Bicycles) --- Human powered vehicles --- Cycling --- Velocipedes --- Bicycle riding --- Bicycle transportation --- Bicycling --- Aerobic exercises --- Locomotion --- Bicycles --- Dicycles --- Tricycles --- Unicycles --- Commuting --- E-books --- Handcycles
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In an effort to fight climate change, many cities try to boost their cycling levels. They often look towards the Dutch for guidance. However, historians have only begun to uncover how and why the Netherlands became the premier cycling country of the world. Why were Dutch cyclists so successful in their fight for a place on the road? Cycling Pathways explores the long political struggle that culminated in today’s high cycling levels. Delving into the archives, it uncovers the important role of social movements and shows in detail how these interacted with national, provincial, and urban engineers and policymakers to govern the distribution of road space and construction of cycling infrastructure. It discusses a wide range of topics, ranging from activists to engineering committees, from urban commuters to recreational cyclists and from the early 1900s to today in order to uncover the long and all-but-forgotten history of Dutch cycling governance.
Bicycle lanes --- Cycling --- HISTORY / Europe / Western. --- History. --- Cycling, History, the Netherlands, Governance, Social Movements. --- Bicycle riding --- Bicycle transportation --- Bicycling --- Aerobic exercises --- Locomotion --- Bicycles --- Dicycles --- Tricycles --- Unicycles --- Bikeways --- Cycle lanes --- Lanes, Bicycle --- Traffic lanes --- Handcycles
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Cycling --- Sports medicine. --- Biomechanics. --- Bicycling --- Sports Medicine. --- Physiological aspects. --- physiology. --- 61:796 --- Biomechanics --- -Sports medicine --- Athletic medicine --- Athletics --- Medicine and sports --- Physical education and training --- Sports --- Medicine --- Sports sciences --- Bicycle riding --- Bicycle transportation --- Aerobic exercises --- Locomotion --- Bicycles --- Tricycles --- Unicycles --- Biological mechanics --- Mechanical properties of biological structures --- Biophysics --- Mechanics --- Contractility (Biology) --- Sportgeneeskunde --- Physiological aspects --- Medical aspects --- 61:796 Sportgeneeskunde --- Sports medicine --- Cycling - Physiological aspects. --- Bicycling - physiology.
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Cycling --- Fietsen (activiteit) --- History. --- 796.6 <09> --- Wielsporten--Geschiedenis van ... --- 796.6 <09> Wielsporten--Geschiedenis van ... --- Fietsen (activiteit). --- Bicycle riding --- Bicycle transportation --- Bicycling --- Aerobic exercises --- Locomotion --- Bicycles --- Dicycles --- Tricycles --- Unicycles --- History --- Wielsporten--Geschiedenis van .. --- Wielsporten--Geschiedenis van . --- Wielsporten--Geschiedenis van --- Handcycles
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Over the past decade, a growing body of academic literature on the economics of road cycling has been amassed. This book is the first volume to bring together a majority of the academic research and knowledge on the economics and management of professional road cycling. Each chapter treats a particular economic aspect of the sport, from organizational structure to marketing, labor, game theory, and competitive balance. By discussing the existing research and complementing it with the newest concepts, ideas and data on professional road cycling, this book sets an agenda for further academic research while providing insights for all stakeholders in cycling: governments, cycling's governing bodies, team managers, race organizers, sponsors, media. Furthermore, the unique characteristics of the sport of cycling explored within this text inform broader management and industrial organization research, as they extend analyses of team labor, broadcast revenue generation, and sponsorship financing models. This book is equally of interest to academic researchers, students studying sports economics, and policy makers, such as race organizers, team managers, and sponsors.
Recreation & Sports --- Social Sciences --- Bicycle racing. --- Cycling --- Economic aspects. --- Bicycle riding --- Bicycle transportation --- Bicycling --- Microeconomics. --- Industrial organization. --- Labor economics. --- Economics. --- Labor Economics. --- Industrial Organization. --- Economics --- Industries --- Organization --- Industrial concentration --- Industrial management --- Industrial sociology --- Price theory --- Aerobic exercises --- Locomotion --- Bicycles --- Dicycles --- Tricycles --- Unicycles --- Racing
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The focus of the first half of the book is largely on the current engagement with cycling, challenges faced by existing and would-be cyclists and the issues cycling might address. The second half of the book is concerned with strategies and processes of change. Contributors working from different ontological positions reflect on changing socio-spatial relations to enable the broadest possible participation in cycling.
Cycling. --- Bicycle riding --- Bicycle transportation --- Bicycling --- Aerobic exercises --- Locomotion --- Bicycles --- Dicycles --- Tricycles --- Unicycles --- bike safety --- bikes --- sustainable transport --- commuting --- city planning --- cycling in australia --- health benefits of cycling --- bike paths --- bike accidents --- bike crashes --- cycling --- bike ed --- bicycle --- cycling in new zealand --- cycling and gender --- bike lanes --- Motor vehicle
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"Claiming the Bicycle' considers how American women encouraged one another to adopt a new technology--the bicycle--adapt it to their own purposes, and use it to transform cultural assumptions about femininity and gender difference."--
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory. --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric. --- Rhetoric --- Cycling --- Feminism --- Cycling for women --- Language and languages --- Speaking --- Authorship --- Expression --- Literary style --- Sports for women --- Bicycle riding --- Bicycle transportation --- Bicycling --- Aerobic exercises --- Locomotion --- Bicycles --- Dicycles --- Tricycles --- Unicycles --- Social aspects --- History --- Handcycles
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