Outline of cycling

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This article is an outline about the activity of cycling. For an outline about bicycles themselves, see outline of bicycles.
The following outline is provided as an overview of, as well as a topical guide to cycling:


Dutch woman cycling with two young children, using a two-wheeled box-bike.

Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the activity of using / riding bicycles, (at least partially) human-powered, wheeled vehicles, (typically by foot pedalling),[1]
for purposes including transport, recreation, social interaction, exercise, sport, therapy, other purposes,[2] or any combination thereof.[3]

Persons engaged in cycling are called cyclists,[4] bikers, or sometimes bicyclists.[5] They typically either dress for where they are going, or for the cycling, sometimes having another set of clothing with them, or arranged.

Apart from regular two-wheeled bicycles, cycling also includes riding unicycles, tricycles, quadricycles, and other similar human-powered wheeled vehicles (HPVs).

More and more frequently bicycles are sold with (electric) motor / e-bike, or (in the past) other motor assistance,

Cycling is practiced either solo on the vehicle, or with company, including passengers, riding in front,[6] or sitting on the cycle's luggage carrier, or little children and/or pet animals in appropriate seats or such fixed to the bike, or occasionally actually riding with more than one person, cooperatively, on anything from a simple twin / tandem bicycle, to a multi-person party bike.

Cycling is most frequently practiced on-road, but also off-road, either mixed with other traffic, or on distinct cycle lanes, separate, segregated, cycle tracks, or for unattended young children, and in some countries also for adults, on the pedestrians' pavement.

What is cycling?[]

Cycling can be described as all of the following:

  • Exercise
  • Recreation
  • Sport
  • Commuting
  • Transportation

Cycling equipment[]

  • The first piece of equipment would, of course, be a bicycle (see Outline of bicycles)
  • Some jurisdictions require these by law:
  • Bicycle helmet
  • Bicycle lighting
  • Bicycle lock
  • Used, but not always necessary:
  • Bicycle tools
  • Cycling clothes
  • Time trial cycling equipment

Cycling law and safety[]

  • Bicycle helmet laws by country
  • Bicycle Safety Camp[relevant?]
  • Bicycle safety wing
  • Bicycle theft
  • CAN-BIKE
  • Danish bicycle VIN-system
  • Dooring (a.k.a. door zone, door prize)
  • Electric bicycle laws
  • Hand signals
  • "Rules of the Trail"
  • Safety in numbers

Health impact[]

  • Bicycle face
  • Erectile dysfunction and genital numbness
  • Health benefits of cycling

Types of cycling[]

  • Bicycle commuting
  • Mountain biking
  • Downhill mountain biking
  • Mountain bike racing
  • Road cycling
  • Vehicular cycling
  • Freestyle BMX
  • BMX racing
  • Bicycle touring
  • Indoor cycling
  • Underwater cycling
  • Enduro (mountain biking)
  • Mountain bike trials
  • Dirt jumping
  • Artistic cycling
  • Utility cycling
  • Track cycling

Cycling sport[]

Bicycle racing[]

Doping in cycling[]

  • List of doping cases in cycling
  • Doping at the Tour de France
    • Festina affair, a doping scandal at the 1998 Tour
    • Doping at the 1998 Tour de France – other doping cases in that Tour
    • Doping at the 1999 Tour de France
    • Doping at the 2007 Tour de France

Track cycling[]

Summer Olympics[]

  • List of Olympic medalists in cycling (men)
  • Cycling at the Summer Olympics
  • List of Olympic medalists in cycling (women)
  • List of Olympic records in cycling
  • List of Olympic venues in cycling

Cycling infrastructure[]

Cycling infrastructure[]

Bike paths and trails[]

  • Bike paths and trails by country:

Bicycle sharing systems[]

Bicycle sharing system

  • B-cycle
  • Santander Cycle Hire - London
  • Bicing
  • Bike rental
  • Bike sharing
  • BIXI Montréal
  • Call a bike
  • Community bicycle program
  • Hubway
  • Stockholm City Bikes
  • Vélib'
  • Vélo'v

Cycling by region[]

  • Cycling in Azerbaijan
  • Cycling in Australia
    • Cycling in New South Wales
      • Cycling in Sydney
    • Cycling in Victoria
      • Cycling in Melbourne
    • Cycling in Western Australia
      • Cycling in Perth
  • Cycling in Canada
    • Cycling in Toronto
  • Cycling in Denmark
    • Cycling in Copenhagen
  • Cycling in France
    • Cycling in Paris
  • Cycling in Germany
    • Cycling in Berlin
    • Cycling in Munich
  • Cycling in Hong Kong
  • Cycling in India
  • Cycling in Japan
  • Cycling in Malaysia
    • Cycling in Kuala Lumpur
  • Cycling in Malta
  • Cycling in Romania
  • Cycling in the Netherlands
  • Cycling in New Zealand
    • Cycling in Auckland
  • Cycling in Spain
  • Cycling in United Kingdom
    • Cycling in Cardiff
    • Cycling in Leeds
    • Cycling in London
    • Cycling in Manchester
  • Cycling in United States
    • Cycling in California
      • Cycling in Los Angeles
      • Cycling in San Francisco
      • Cycling in San Jose, California
    • Cycling in Illinois
      • Cycling in Chicago
    • Cycling in Massachusetts
    • Cycling in Michigan
      • Cycling in Detroit
    • Cycling in Minnesota
      • Cycling in Atlanta
    • Cycling in New York
      • Cycling in New York City
      • Cycling in Syracuse, New York
    • Cycling in Oregon
      • Cycling in Portland, Oregon

Cycling in the media[]

  • International Cycling Film Festival
  • List of films about bicycles and cycling

Cycling movements[]

  • Bike bus (Bike train) - Escorted group of cyclists in an urban environment for transportation safely, and often as student transport.
  • Critical Mass – cycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month in over 300 cities around the world.[7]

Cycling clubs and organisations[]

Cycling clubs[]

Cycling organisations[]

  • Critical Mass – cycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month in over 300 cities around the world.[7]
  • San Jose Bike Party
  • Warm Showers – a hospitality exchange service and organization for cycle travelers.

History of cycling[]

History of road cycling[]

History of cycling at the Summer Olympics[]

History of cycling at the Pan American Games[]

Other[]

Notable cyclists[]

  • List of cyclists
  • Jacques Anquetil
  • Lance Armstrong
  • Federico Bahamontes
  • Gino Bartali
  • Louison Bobet
  • Ottavio Bottecchia
  • Lucien Buysse
  • Alberto Contador
  • Fausto Coppi
  • Henri Cornet
  • Maurice De Waele
  • Odile Defraye
  • Pedro Delgado
  • Cadel Evans
  • François Faber
  • Laurent Fignon
  • Nicolas Frantz
  • Chris Froome
  • Maurice Garin
  • Gustave Garrigou
  • Charly Gaul
  • Felice Gimondi
  • Bernard Hinault
  • Miguel Indurain
  • Jan Janssen
  • Hugo Koblet
  • Ferdinand Kübler
  • Firmin Lambot
  • Roger Lapébie
  • Octave Lapize
  • André Leducq
  • Greg LeMond
  • Romain Maes
  • Antonin Magne
  • Eddy Merckx
  • Gastone Nencini
  • Manfred Nepp
  • Vincenzo Nibali
  • Luis Ocaña
  • Marco Pantani
  • Henri Pélissier
  • Óscar Pereiro
  • Lucien Petit-Breton
  • Roger Pingeon
  • René Pottier
  • Bjarne Riis
  • Jean Robic
  • Stephen Roche
  • Carlos Sastre
  • Andy Schleck
  • Léon Scieur
  • Georges Speicher
  • Major Taylor
  • Bernard Thévenet
  • Philippe Thys
  • Louis Trousselier
  • Jan Ullrich
  • Lucien Van Impe
  • Roger Walkowiak
  • Bradley Wiggins
  • Joop Zoetemelk

See also[]

  • Alleycat race
  • Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics
  • Bicycle and motorcycle geometry
  • Bicycle culture
  • Bicycle messenger
  • Bicycle performance
  • Bicycle racing
    • Road bicycle racing
  • Bicycle touring
  • Cadence (cycling)
  • Critical Mass
  • Cycle sport
  • Cycling advocacy
  • Cycling advocacy (aka Cycling activism)
  • Cycling at the Summer Olympics
  • Cycling at the Summer Paralympics
  • Cycling demonstration towns
  • Cycling domestique
  • Cycling domestique
  • Cycling power meter
  • Cycling records
  • Effective Cycling
  • Eurobike
  • Freeride mountain-biking movies
  • Glossary of cycling
  • History of cycling
  • History of the bicycle
  • HPV Racing, Victoria Australia
  • Human-powered transport
  • Icetrack cycling
  • Indoor cycling
  • John Forester, engineer and bicycle transportation advocate
  • List of Antarctic cycling expeditions
  • List of bicycle and human powered vehicle museums
  • List of bicycle manufacturers
  • List of bicycle part manufacturers
  • List of bicycle parts
  • List of bicycle sharing systems
  • List of bicycle types
  • List of cycleways
  • List of cycling tracks and velodromes
  • List of doping cases in cycling
  • List of electric bicycle brands and manufacturers
  • List of films about bicycles and cycling
  • List of important cycling events
  • List of Japanese bicycle brands and manufacturers
  • List of professional cyclists who died during a race
  • List of rail trails
  • List of songs about bicycles
  • Mixed Terrain Cycle-Touring
  • Modal share
  • Mountain biking
  • Outline of bicycles
  • Outline of motorcycles and motorcycling
  • Pacific Blue, a TV series about a team of bike police officers
  • Para-cycling classification
  • Randonneuring
  • Road cycling
  • Tweed Run
  • Ultra-distance cycling
  • Underwater cycling
  • Unicycle
  • Utility cycling
  • Vehicular cycling
  • Velo Vision
    • Six-day racing
  • World Naked Bike Ride
    • Clothing-optional bike ride

References[]

  1. ^ but occasionally powered by the arms,
  2. ^ like walking your dog while riding,
  3. ^ Oxford English Dictionary (Second ed.). Oxford University Press. 1989. cycling: The action or activity of riding a bicycle etc.
  4. ^ Oxford English Dictionary (Second ed.). Oxford University Press. 1988. cyclist: One who rides a cycle or practises cycling.
  5. ^ Oxford English Dictionary (Second ed.). Oxford University Press. 1989. bicyclist: One who rides a bicycle.
  6. ^ for instance in the box of a cargo bike,
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Richard Madden (December 15, 2003). "London: How cyclists around the world put a spoke in the motorist's wheel". The Daily Telegraph. UK. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012.

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