Amusing Bicycle Facts

Let’s bring you some of the

amusing Bicycle Facts for teens

and kids. Loaded with information

of history, evolution, popularity,

structuring, recreational cycling,

professional cycling and much

more about bicycles.

Cycling Evolution

Bicycle is a manual vehicle

driven by user/driver with

the help of pedals, with a

set and 2 wheels. No fuel is required to keep it going except your own moving

legs.

Cycling has got fame and eminence in early 20s with increasing trend of cycling

clubs, camps and races.

Two or more people can ride Tandem bicycles at a time.

Bicycles are used for various purposes like courier delivery, racing, recreational

purposes, transportation and a lot more.

Unicycles and tricycles though don’t have 2 wheels, yet sometimes refer to as bicycle.

In 1800s, the concept and prototype of two wheeled transportation was initialized and

developed, from pushed powered bikes through mechanical crank that drives with

pedals.

The word bicycle came from French word ‘bicyclette’. Before the word bicycle became

popular, bikes were typically called ‘velocipedes’.

To efficiently use of their pedaling, cyclists use a high gear when going downward, a low

gear when going uphill and a medium gear on flat surfaces.

Evolution of bicycle from 80’s to 90’s

Now in 2015

Structuring

A bicycle characteristically transmits energy through a chain to the back wheels to move

along.

Various brake types in bicycle are disc brakes, internal hub brakes and rim brakes.

Taking advantage of the smoother surfaces that roads generally provide, road bikes

typically have thinner tires inflated to higher pressures than those found on mountain

bikes.

Cycling competitions

Cycling is more fun when it

comes to racing which

usually includes time trials,

BMX, mountain cycling,

velodromes cycling, track

cycling and other such

competitions.

Tour de France

The most popular cycle race in the world is Tour de France that was held in 1903 over the

period of three weeks, the annually changing route goes through the Pyrenees and Alps before

finishing in Paris.

Penny Farthing Bicycle

The early configuration

of a bicycle type called

Penny Farthing,

featuring the forward

wheel considerably

greater than the rear.

The name comes from

the old British Penny

and Farthing coins

which represent the

large and small wheels.

In the later years of 19s,

pneumatic tires came

along with rear

freewheel and coaster

brakes.

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