Cycling-needs information and facts for my hw!! 10 pts!?

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Elloz >:D. GAWSH CAN SOMEONE TELL ME ANY GOOD WEBSITES FOR CYCLING INFORMATION AND FACTS FOR MY HOMEWORK >:[ 10pts for the best answer!! Oh yeah this is ( actually or maybe not ) what i need : Definition( Cycling is a indoor and outdoor sport eg.) Description ( For the sport cycling this is what you need : ..... eg. Information eg. ) Process ( Rules eg. )!! THANKS FOR ANSWERING 10 PTS WILL RECIEVED QUICKLY WHILE I CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER!!

Answer 1

Cycling is the use of bicycles, or - less commonly - unicycles, tricycles, quadricycles and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles (HPVs) as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport. It is done on roads and paths, across open country, through tunnels, over bridges, on snow, or even over ice (icebiking).

In many countries, the most commonly used vehicle for road transport is a utility bicycle. These have frames with so-called relaxed geometry, protecting the rider from shocks from the road, and easing low speeds steering. Road bikes tend to have a more upright shape and a shorter wheelbase, which make the bike more mobile but harder to ride slowly. The design, coupled with low or dropped handlebars, requires the rider to bend forward more, which reduces air resistance at high speed.

Shortly after the introduction of bicycles, competitions developed independently in many parts of the world. Early races involving boneshaker style bicycles were predictably fraught with injuries. Large races became popular during the 1890s "Golden Age of Cycling", with events across Europe, and in the U.S. and Japan as well. At one point, almost every major city in the US had a velodrome or two for track racing events. However since the middle of the 20th century cycling has become a minority sport in the US whilst in Continental Europe it continues to be a major sport, particularly in France, Belgium, Italy and Spain. The most famous of all bicycle races is the Tour de France. This began in 1903, and continues to capture the attention of the sporting world.

In 1899, Mile-a-Minute Murphy became the first man to ride a bicycle a mile in under a minute, which he did by drafting a locomotive at New York's Long Island.

As the bicycle evolved its various forms, different racing formats developed. Road races may involve both team and individual competition, and are contested in various ways. They range from the one-day road race, criterium, and time trial to multi-stage events like the Tour de France and its sister events which make up cycling's Grand Tours. Recumbent bicycles were banned from bike races in 1934 after Marcel Berthet set a new hour record in his Velodyne streamliner (49.992 km on November 18, 1933). Track bicycles are used for track cycling in Velodromes , while cyclo-cross races are held on rugged outdoor terrain. In the past decade, mountain bike racing has also reached international popularity and is even an Olympic sport.

Professional racing organizations place limitations on the bicycles that can be used in the races that they sanction. For example, the Union Cycliste Internationale, the governing body of international cycle sport (which sanctions races such as the Tour de France), decided in the late 1990s to create additional rules which prohibit racing bicycles weighing less than 6.8 kilograms (14.96 pounds). The UCI rules also effectively ban some bicycle frame innovations (such as the recumbent bicycle) by requiring a double triangle structure.

And more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling

Answer 2

I agree with Mr. G that your question is a bit confusing.

You may want to try http://usacycling.org.

Very informative site on all types of competitive cycling.

Answer 3

From what I can gather from your garbled and confusing question, you don't really know what you are looking for??

I don't think anybody can provide you with all the answers you appear to be after!  - I suggest YOU spend YOUR time finding all this out. (just start 'Googling' things)

If you have a specific question, then I am sure someone here can help.

Have fun.

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