Cycling Blog

Cities are built around the dominant modes of transportation. Where most people walk, you find compact urbanism; where most people drive cars, you find sprawl. It is hardly radical to criticize that transportation planning is a primary shaper of urban form. And now cities with a high modal share in public transport are now also thirst for a high modal share of cycling. So, when bicycle meets the public transport, who would be the winner, the bicycle or the public transport? Or, are they friends or adversaries? Indeed, it is difficult to sentence on it. And comparing and contrasting their...

Nowadays, with the rapid economic development, people's life is better and better. And more and more people own the private cars. As a result, traffic jam is more and more serious. Under the situation, most salaried employees would like to go to work by other means instead of private cars. And adding the environmental-friendly awareness's popularization, an increasing number of people prefer to ride to work.Riding to commute to work is an appealing idea, which helps you save time as well as build up your body. And biking to work is an easy but constructive action to protect the environment....

Learning biking means not only learning a kind of skill for children but also realizing the self-value. Here are some techniques to teach children to ride a bike.Forster interest of riding a bicycleInterest is the best teacher. Forcing a child to learn what he dislikes is ineffective. First things first, parents can cultivate their children's interest in riding. For example, you can take them to an amusement park. Excite their curiosity. Children are always full of curiosity. And ride a bicycle with them, show them how to ride, thus they can enjoy the happiness. If blissful, they are likely to...

Cyclists may often deal with the chain drive or gear drive. Use one of them to accelerate. But many of you guys maybe had no idea about the difference between chain drive and gear drive like me before. Spend two or three minutes reading this article, getting rid of the nickname "layman".CHAIN DRIVEChain drive is a method of transmitting mechanical power from one place to another. Chain drive is made up of driving and driven sprocket wheel installed on the parallel axes and ring chain rounded about sprocket wheel. It is usually used to convey power to the wheels of...

When I was a little kid, my parents bought me a pink bike with those ribbons and rings on it. I was so glad that I rode my bike anywhere with me and I showed it off to my friends and neighbors. I had this neighbor who had a larger, taller and fancier bicycle and called himself “a cyclist”. I remembered when I was riding my pink bike and I told him I was a cyclist after I got my pink bike, he laughed and told me that I was not a cyclist because all I did was riding my...