This strange person quarrels with a cyclist because the latter is using the path rather than the highroad.

The cyclist, a sufficiently commonplace young fellow, is not named but identified simply as `` Life '' -- that and a license number, which Piepsam uses in addressing him.

that is, on the basis of his own sinfulness and abject wretchedness, Piepsam becomes a prophet who in his ecstasy and in the name of God imprecates doom on Life -- not only the cyclist now, but the audience, the world, as well: `` all you light-headed breed ''.

The cyclist, by contrast, blond and blue-eyed, is simply unreflective, unproblematic Life, `` blithe and carefree ''.

But he is more interesting than the others, the ones who come from the highroad to watch him, more interesting than Life considered as a cyclist.

A person who rides a bicycle is called a cyclist, or bicyclist.

For example in the Netherlands, the law assumes the stronger participant ( e. g. a car driver ) is liable in the case of an accident with a weaker participant ( e. g. a cyclist ) unless it can be proved that the cyclist's behavior could not have been expected.

One concern often expressed ( both by non-cyclists and some cyclists ) is the thought that riding in traffic exposes the cyclist to higher levels of air pollution, especially if he or she travels on or along busy roads.

It is possible to close the grooves of the tracks on critical sections by rubber profiles that are pressed down by the wheelflanges of the passing tram but that cannot be lowered by the weight of a cyclist.

" Waiting for Godot is clearly not about track cycling, but it is said that Beckett himself did wait for French cyclist Roger Godeau ( 1920 – 2000 ; a professional cyclist from 1943 to 1961 ), outside the velodrome in Roubaix.

* Recumbent bicycles are designed for variety of recreational and utility purposes, but are characterised by the reclined riding position in which the cyclist is seated.

The Southside is connected to downtown Binghamton by the State Street Bridge, Exchange Street Bridge, Tompkins Street Bridge and the historic pedestrian and cyclist only South Washington Street Bridge.

* Jeremy Powers is a professional racing cyclist riding for Cannondale.

Spencer is also an avid endurance cyclist, racing in several national cycling events.

Orwell is the birthplace of General Adna Chaffee, and of Russell Allen, as of 2006 the oldest living American Olympic cyclist.

Abingdon is also the final stop along the Virginia Creeper Trail, which allows pedestrian, cyclist and equestrian traffic.

The bicycles were his own: he is a keen cyclist, owning an early Burrows Windcheetah as well as a mountain bike fitted with an early front monoblade.

The mountain achieved worldwide notoriety when it claimed the life of British cyclist Tom Simpson, who died here on July 13, 1967 from heat exhaustion caused by a combination of factors including dehydration ( caused by lack of fluid intake and diarrhea ), amphetamines, and alcohol, although there is still speculation as to the exact cause of his death.

For cyclist, the same approach is used with the lens blackened out for a bicycle frame.

* Sports Illustrated magazine announces that cyclist Lance Armstrong is their Sportsman of the Year.

Corking allows the mass to engage in a variety of activities, such as forming a cyclone, lifting their bikes in a tradition known as a " Bike Lift " ( in Chicago this is referred to as a Chicago hold-up ), or to perform a " die-in " where riders lie on the ground with their bikes to symbolise cyclist deaths and injuries caused by automobiles, very popular in Montreal.

Most areas have laws that require car users to check for bicyclists before opening the door of their vehicle, but there still have been a number of injuries and deaths caused by drivers carelessly opening their doors when a cyclist is passing by without regard for the presence of bicycles, and such laws are very difficult to enforce.

The French national team was very successful in the 1957 Tour de France ; not only did they provide the winning cyclist, they also won the team classification, and almost every daily team classification.

Something of this can be learned from `` The Way To The Churchyard '' ( 1901 ), an anecdote about an old failure whose fit of anger at a passing cyclist causes him to die of a stroke or seizure.

Piepsam calls the cyclist `` cur '' and `` puppy '' among other things, and at the crisis of his fit a little fox-terrier stands before him and howls into his face.

Dutch cyclist, Fred Rompelberg set a speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah on October 3, 1995 while cycling in the wake of a motor dragster pace-car.

In addition to the risk of cyclist / pedestrian collisions, cyclists face increase risks from collisions with motor vehicles at street crossings and driveways.

* Fabrizio Macchi known as “ Cuky ” ( born 1970 ), an amputee cyclist and bronze medal winner at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.

* Herman Ponsteen ( born 1953 ), Dutch track cyclist who won silver at the 1976 Summer Olympics

* Connie Carpenter-Phinney-Olympic speed skater, cyclist and winner of the gold medal in road cycling at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

Paul Smith left school at the age of 14, a member of Beeston Road Club his only ambition was to become a racing cyclist until his father hauled him off to work at a clothing warehouse.

He was the first British athlete to have won five Olympic gold medals, a feat surpassed only by Sir Chris Hoy at the London 2012 Olympic Games, and is the third most decorated British Olympian with six medals, after the seven of Hoy and the seven of cyclist Bradley Wiggins.

* Djamolidine Abdoujaparov becomes the first cyclist ( and only as of 2007 ) to win the points classification at the Tour de France and Giro d ' Italia in the same year.

There are tandem cranksets available called independent pedaling system cranksets, which allow each cyclist to pedal, or not, at their own pace.

José Meiffret ( 1913, Boulouris, France-1983 ) was a cyclist who set a world motor-paced speed record of 204. 73 km / h ( 127. 243 mi / h ) behind a Mercedes-Benz 300SL on the German Autobahn on July 19, 1962 at Freiburg Germany.

His attendance at Le Tour was at the invitation of Danish former cyclist Bjarne Riis.

* Juan Curuchet, former road bicycle racer and track cyclist, winner of the Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics at the age of 43 along with Walter Pérez.

His brother César Garin ( 16 December 1879, Arviers-27 March 1951 ) also competed as a professional cyclist from 1899-1906, and lived in Paris ( Seine ) until his death at the age of 71.

Another brother Ambroise Garin ( 10 May 1875, Arviers-31 March 1969 ) also competed as a professional cyclist from 1899-1903, and lived at Argenteuil, Val-d ' Oise until his death at the age of 93.

* Nicole Callisto-( born in WA, resides in Campbelltown ) BMX cyclist who represented Australia at the 2008 Olympics

It can be walked at a leisurely pace in about a week while a good walker, horse rider or cyclist would take two or three days.

* John Lake ( cyclist ), American cyclist who won a bronze medal at the 1900 Summer Olympics