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• Bikeways for Australian cities

  Author:David F. SmithFrom:AQ - Australian Quarterly (Vol. 85, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  April-June 20142,716 words Reprint 1240LA writer remarked in the Melbourne Age recently: The wheel is turning ... Bikes are back; But are they? What do we mean by back? How will they be used? Will they just be a trendy thing for the environmentalist who...

• Mountain biking can be dangerous

  Author:Samena ChaudhryFrom:Student BMJPeer-Reviewed

  July 2001237 words Brief article Mountain bikers are being warned that they are taking part in a dangerous sport. Researchers writing in the British Journal of Sports Medicine (2001;35(3):197-9) say that many mountain bikers are suffering ruptures of...

• Risk compensation theory should be subject to systematic reviews of the scientific evidence

  Authors:D C Thompson, R S Thompson, and F P RivaraFrom:Injury Prevention (Vol. 7, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20012,384 words Article Background Many readers of Injury Prevention are quite familiar with the debate over bicycle helmet use. The core of this debate is the opinion on one side that helmets are effective and thus should be worn,...

• 'Starvation strings' and the public good: development of a Swedish bike trail network in the early twentieth century

  Authors:Anna-Maria Rautio and Lars OstlundFrom:The Journal of Transport History (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20127,274 words Essay 1620LIntroduction The first attempts at agricultural expansion into northernmost Sweden began in the 1300s as a result of the increasing population, providing incentives for farmers to move north along the Bothnian coast...

• The challenges of evaluating environmental interventions to increase population levels of physical activity: the case of the UK National Cycle Network. (Public Health Policy and Practice)

  Authors:D.A. Lawlor, A.R. Ness, A.M. Cope, A. Davis, P. Insall, and C. RiddochFrom:Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health (Vol. 57, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20034,262 words Article PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH Regular, physical activity is associated with increased life expectancy and reduced risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and osteoporosis. (1-3)...

• Where the sidewalk begins

  From:Diabetes Forecast (Vol. 63, Issue 12)

  Dec. 201082 words Brief article 1420L* The path to a healthier community is big enough to accommodate walkers and cyclists. That's according to researchers who analyzed data from all 50 states and 15 countries, and found that obesity rates were lower in...

• Cycling.

  Author:Kathryn HuntFrom:The Carolina Quarterly (Vol. 69, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 2019 Poem, Brief article We clipped a deck of playing cards to silver spokes with clothespins pilfered from her cotton bag. Our engineering knowhow turned us proud. We were small, wanting only to hear the click-click-snap of flapping cards as...

• Special Bike Seat Can Counter Perineal Numbness

  Author:ERIK L. GOLDMANFrom:Family Practice News (Vol. 29, Issue 14)

  July 15, 1999 Article

• Reply to "discussion: the kinetics of blood lactate in boys during and following a single and repeated all-out sprints of cycling are different than in men--do children indeed release and remove lactate faster than adults?"

  Authors:Florian Azad Engel, Sascha Hartel, Billy Sperlich, and Hans-Christer HolmbergFrom:Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism (Vol. 40, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20151,252 words Report 1590LIntroduction It was with interest that we read the comments by Dotan and Falk (2015) concerning our recent publication (Engel et al. 2015) and we appreciate their contributions to this complex aspect of pediatric...

• DNA cycle

  From:Nature (Vol. 447, Issue 7147) Peer-Reviewed

  June 21, 2007208 words Brief article 1370L[illus. 1] Passengers travelling from London to Cambridge by train may glimpse this striped cycle path cutting through the flat countryside as they near their destination. Over a mile of its length, different coloured...

• Cyclist's iliac syndrome: temporary relief by balloon angioplasty

  Authors:L D Wijesinghe, P A Coughlin, I Robertson, D Kessel, P J Kent, and R C KesterFrom:British Journal of Sports Medicine (Vol. 35, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20011,193 words Article Abstract External iliac stenosis due to endofibrosis is a rare condition that predominantly affects top level cyclists. Short term symptomatic relief is reported in an Olympian after percutaneous transluminal...

• Tracing the history of the bicycle and its impact on society

  Author:Duncan R. JamiesonFrom:CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (Vol. 54, Issue 3)

  Nov. 20168,147 words Bibliography 1240LThe ubiquitous bicycle is at home in the library stacks, as it is in the garage, the dorm room, or the bicycle rack. Humankind's most efficient form of transportation first appeared in the 1810s. Improvements and...

• Caffeine Increases Anaerobic Work and Restores Cycling Performance following a Protocol Designed to Lower Endogenous Carbohydrate Availability

  Authors:Marcos David Silva-Cavalcante, Carlos Rafaell Correia-Oliveira, Ralmony Alcantara Santos, Joao Paulo Lopes-Silva, Hessel Marani Lima, Romulo Bertuzzi, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 19, 20137,608 words Article 1610LAuthor(s): Marcos David Silva-Cavalcante 1,2, Carlos Rafaell Correia-Oliveira 1,2, Ralmony Alcantara Santos 1,3, João Paulo Lopes-Silva 1, Hessel Marani Lima 1, Romulo Bertuzzi 2, Marcos Duarte 4, David John Bishop 5,...

• Getting Around: Community Mobility

  Author:Danielle Bullen LoveFrom:PT in Motion (Vol. 9, Issue 10)

  Nov. 20174,032 words Article 1340LAPTA's Strategic Plan envisions transforming society by reducing barriers to movement. Enhancing community mobility is a key element. Many PTs already are helping to achieve the vision. Community mobility has been...

• Comparing the lactate and EMG thresholds of recreational cyclists during incremental pedaling exercise

  Authors:Claudia Tarrago Candotti, Jefferson Fagundes Loss, Monica de Oliveira Melo, Marcelo La Torre, Maicon Pasini, Lucas Araujo Dutra, et al.From:Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (Vol. 86, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20084,691 words Clinical report 1500LAbstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of using the electromyography (EMG) signal as a noninvasive method of estimating the lactate threshold (LT) power output in recreational cyclists. Using...

• THE REVOLUTION OF BLACK WOMEN CYCLING: I didn't learn to ride a bicycle as a child, in fact, while the interest to learn began some years back, only this year, a couple of months shy of thirty, can I confidently say I can ride a bicycle. I got one for my birthday last year, from someone who pays far too much attention to me and the things I want. Her name -the bike- is Bella, easily the cutest bicycle you've ever seen!

  Author:Munukayumbwa MwiyaFrom:Sister Namibia (Vol. 31, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  April-June 2019939 words Article 1340LAt the time I got Bella, I lived in Khomasdal, I thought about where around home I could possibly ride, and decided there wasn't anywhere, the streets are far too busy, there is too much traffic. So I kept my bike in...

• Phase space methods for non-linear analysis of pedalling forces in cycling.

  Authors:Alexander Kunert, Marcel Ott, Thomas Reuter, Daniel Koska, and Christian MaiwaldFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 18, 20194,711 words Report 1460LIntroduction From the perspective of dynamic systems theory, stability and variability of biological signals are both understood as a functional adaptation to variable environmental conditions. In the present study, we...

• Physical activity reduces anxiety and regulates brain fatty acid synthesis.

  Authors:Arkadiusz LiÅkiewicz, Marta PrzybyÅa, Anna Wojakowska, Åukasz Marczak, Katarzyna Bogus, Marta Nowacka-Chmielewska, et al.From:Molecular Brain (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 17, 20207,064 words Article 1410LPhysical activity impacts brain functions, but the direct mechanisms of this effect are not fully recognized or understood. Among multidimensional changes induced by physical activity, brain fatty acids (FA) appear to...

• On the effect of changing handgrip position on joint specific power and cycling kinematics in recreational and professional cyclists

  Authors:Knut Skovereng, Lorents Ola Aasvold, and Gertjan EttemaFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 19, 20205,945 words Report 1690LAuthor(s): Knut Skovereng *, Lorents Ola Aasvold, Gertjan Ettema 1. Introduction In road cycling, high speeds makes air drag a primary source of external resistance and utilizing an aerodynamically efficient...

• Daily physical activity and sedentary behaviour across occupational classifications in Canadian adults.

  Authors:Stephanie A. Prince, Karen C. Roberts, Jennifer L. Reed, Aviroop Biswas, Rachel C. Colley, and Wendy ThompsonFrom:Health Reports (Vol. 31, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20206,162 words Article 1720LBackground Adults spend a large proportion of their day at work. Physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) have been shown to vary considerably between occupations. The objective of this study is to describe...