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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Bicycle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Utility bicycles have many standard features which enhance their usefulness and comfort that would be considered accessories on sports bicycles.
For instance, lowering a bike's weight by 1 kg, a major effort considering they may weigh less than 15 kg to start with, will have the same effect over a 40 km time trial as removing a protrusion into the air the size of a pencil.
Art bikes: Some bikes are built so that the frame appears to be made of junk or found objects: Bongo the Clown built several ridable parade bikes which were as much kinetic sculptures as transport.
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 Bicycle
It sports a drop handlebar and thin tires and wheels for efficiency and aerodynamics]] mountain bicycle features oversized tires, lights, a sturdy frame, front shock absorbers, and handlebars oriented perpendicular to the bike's axis]] A bicycle, or bike, is a pedal-driven land vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame one behind the other.
In the late 1990s, disc brakes appeared on some off-road bicycles and on tandems, but are considered impractical on road bicycles, which rarely encounter conditions where the advantages of discs are significant.
Clown bikes are designed for comedic effect or stunt riding, and usually are directly geared, with no freewheeling, so that they may be pedaled backwards.
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 Bicycle - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
The opposition to segregated cycle facilities has well-founded historical roots regarding the safety, practicality and intent of such systems.
However, in some cases this opposition has a more ideological basis: some members of the US Vehicular Cycling Movement oppose on-street bike lanes as a matter of principle
Messenger bikes resemble track bikes, having fixed gears and no brakes, but are riden by messengers hustling packages for law firms, advertising firms, etc.
www.voyager.in /Bicycle   (7653 words)

  
 Internal Gears   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Hub gears or internal-gear hubs are a type of gear system used on bicycles.
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