| The word "bicycle", a literal translation from French, | | | | Trial bikes differ in construction from the ordinary. |
| means "quick feet". | | | | Typically, the trial bike is no saddle, shock absorbers, |
| Bicycle - A vehicle powered by human muscle power | | | | wide tires with a pronounced increase in spiking relief |
| through the foot pedal or (rarely) by hand levers. Most | | | | for clutch pedal equipped with spines. Typically, these |
| bicycles have two wheels, but there are also | | | | bikes have hydraulic brakes. |
| three-and four-, and even bicycles. Now, all over the | | | | Tandems are bicycles for two people, while riding a |
| world using more than one billion bicycles, so a bicycle - | | | | bicycle sitting in front of another. |
| the most common means of transport. He became | | | | Hybrid bikes - intermediate between mountain and |
| one thanks to low cost, light weight, small size, lack of | | | | road. In hybrid bike wheel diameter is 28 inches, like a |
| fuel requirements and relative safety. In 2005, following | | | | highway, but the equipment (transmission, brakes, etc.) |
| a public opinion poll in Britain, a bicycle was considered | | | | is installed is the same as a mountain. |
| the greatest technological invention since 1800. For | | | | Folding bicycles - bicycles that fold. When folded, it can |
| bicycle votes polled more than any other invention, | | | | be transported in a passenger car, enters the elevator |
| taken together. | | | | and it can often be carried in trains and trains. Most |
| Types of bicycles: | | | | folding bikes fold only twice. |
| City bikes are designed for driving in the city, they | | | | Racing bicycles - a version of road bikes, designed for |
| develop a low speed, but very comfortable. They | | | | cycling. They are equipped with narrow tires, lots of |
| have a comfortable saddle, good cushioning, speed | | | | speed, steering wheel bent downward (ie handlebars |
| switches, even if the bike is worth. The only drawback | | | | are omitted - it creates a great strain on the back of |
| of urban bike is its heavy weight, the main advantage - | | | | the cyclist, but also reduces the air resistance). |
| the safety and easy maintenance. | | | | Track bikes used in races for the cycle track. Their |
| Road bikes are suitable for driving on asphalt. They | | | | task - to develop the maximum speed on level track. |
| may develop high speed, thanks to a narrow tires, thin | | | | From racing, they distinguished by the absence of |
| and light design. | | | | many "extra" parts such as brakes and gear shifting, |
| On the mountain bike you can ride on uneven roads, | | | | and most importantly the lack of free movement of |
| on hills. They often have a lot of speed, wide tires, | | | | the rear wheel that is fixed gear. |
| powerful, heavy wheels, suspension fork steering. | | | | Water bicycles are used for walking. But there is a |
| Some models have rear suspension. | | | | race on water bikes. |
| Hybrid bikes have part of the characteristics of | | | | Clown bikes can travel both forward and backward |
| mountain bikes and some of the characteristics of the | | | | by a fixed transmission is the same as in track cycling. |
| highway. The diameter of the wheels hybrid bike 28 | | | | Three-wheeled bicycles (tricycle) are used, usually |
| inches as a road bike, but equipment such as mountain | | | | young children. There are also adult model for people |
| biking. | | | | with impaired balance and other problems. In addition, |
| Travel bicycles are close brothers highway. But they | | | | three-wheeled recumbent bikes often do, pedal cars, |
| have a stronger body, more reliable design, they can | | | | trucks bicycles and cycle-rickshaws. |
| carry heavy loads. | | | | Monocycle - a vehicle in which the driver is inside the |
| BMX bikes are very popular in recent years, bicycles | | | | huge wheel. |
| for competition. Bikes BMX - Bike MotoCross. | | | | |