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This strange person quarrels with a cyclist because the latter is using the path rather than the highroad.
A higher gear allows a cyclist to make fewer pedal turns to maintain a given speed, but with more effort per turn of the pedals.
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.
Despite the risk factors associated with bicycling, cyclist have a lower overall mortality rate when compared to other groups.
Most cycle deaths result from a collision with a car or heavy goods vehicle, both motorist and cyclist having been found responsible for collisions However, around a fifth of non-fatal injuries to cyclists do not involve any other person or vehicle.
In lab experiments an average " in-shape " cyclist can produce about 3 watts / kg for more than an hour ( e. g., around 200 watts for a 70 kg rider ), with top amateurs producing 5 watts / kg and elite athletes achieving 6 watts / kg for similar lengths of time.
In addition to the risk of cyclist / pedestrian collisions, cyclists face increase risks from collisions with motor vehicles at street crossings and driveways.
* Paride Grillo ( born 1982 ), cyclist with CSF Group-Navigare.
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.
For cyclist, the same approach is used with the lens blackened out for a bicycle frame.
* Joanna Rowsell-Olympic cyclist with alopecia areata
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.
Used in combination with a rear coaster brake, a cyclist of the day could stop much more quickly and with better modulation of braking effort than was possible using only a spoon brake or rear coaster brake.
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.
Traffic risks to the cyclist are similar to those faced by motorcyclists ( see ), with the main differences being that bicycling speeds are typically lower, and the bicyclist wears less protective gear.
Alexi Grewal ( USA ), who subsequently became a professional cyclist, used a bicycle equipped with Shimano DynaDrive chainset and pedals ( the remainder of the components on his bicycle were primarily Suntour and DiaCompe ) to win the 1984 Olympic road race in Los Angeles.
Another factor is that a cyclist with more than one bike needs to change them all to the Rotor system, which can be expensive, and adaptation to the Rotor pedaling style can take around a week < sup ></ sup >.
* 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.
The French racing cyclist Charles Terront, renowned for winning the first Paris – Brest – Paris event in 1891, used Rudge's axles with much success thereby bringing world attention to Rudge.
Some cargo bike makers and users utilize power assist motors ( often with electric motors ) to complement the power of the cyclist.
For years after the abandonment of this section of rail line, the area was a noted attraction, with its relatively gentle grade, it became a hiker and cyclist haven.
Shermer's embrace of scientific skepticism crystallized during his time as a cyclist, explaining, " I became a skeptic on Saturday, August 6, 1983, on the long climbing road to Loveland Pass, Colorado " after months of training under the guidance of a " nutritionist " with an unaccredited Ph. D. After years of practicing acupuncture, chiropractic, massage therapy, negative ions, rolfing, pyramid power, fundamentalist Christianity, and " a host of weird things " ( with the exception of drugs ) to improve his life and training, Shermer stopped rationalizing the failure of these practices.
The starting sequence is usually based on the finishing times in preceding races ( or preceding stages in the case of a multi-stage race ) with the highest ranked cyclist starting last.

cyclist and least
That generally means tracking the bicycle at least five feet away from the edge of parked cars, because the door zone is about four feet and the cyclist typically extends about one foot to each side of where the bike tracks.
The cyclist with the least accumulated time after the last stage was the winner.
For the general classification, these times were added up ; the cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader.
For the general classification, these times were added up ; the cyclist with the least accumulated time ( after compensating for time bonuses and / or time penalties ) was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey.
For the general classification, these times were added up ; the cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey.

cyclist and accumulated
Every stage had a winning cyclist ( the cyclist who crossed the finish line first, or in case of a time trial who took the shortest time to complete the course ) and a team that wins the daily team classification ( the team of which the three best cyclists had the lowest accumulated time ).

cyclist and time
A cyclist who covers 30 meters in a time of 2 seconds, for example, has a speed of 15 meters per second.
* Bernard Hinault, French cyclist, five time winner of the Tour de France
However, cyclists may use the racks at any time, on any bus that is equipped with a rack ( including routes that don't normally offer them ), provided there is room for the cyclist in the bus.
In 1989, British cyclist Tim Gould beat the first horse by three minutes-the first time that a horse was beaten by a human in the race.
Stuart Dangerfield ( born 17 September 1971, and from Willenhall in the West Midlands ) is an English racing cyclist who has been prominent in British individual time trial events during the 1990s and early 21st century.
He is a keen cyclist in his spare time and is described on the Third Way's website as having a strong interest in environmental and housing issues.
To be a successful time trialist, a cyclist must have exceptional aerodynamic posture and be able to take in plenty of oxygen.
Just prior to LeMond's departure the team acquired the British track cyclist Chris Boardman, a time trial specialist.
The mill burned down at night in 1889, discovered by a hapless cyclist who, despite great effort by telegraph from Piercebridge and then by pedalling to Darlington, was unable to raise the fire brigade in time to save the mill.
Gorton has also been the birthplace of three Olympians, Jeff Williams a cyclist who went to the 1980 Olympics, Thomas Evenson ( athletics, silver medallist in the 3000 metres steeplechase at Los Angeles in 1932 ) and George Wilkinson a former water polo three time Olympic champion.
* when there is only one lane of traffic in the relevant direction, but the cyclist is traveling at the normal speed of traffic at that time and place or the marked lane is too narrow to safely share with overtaking traffic
* when the cyclist is the only traffic moving in that direction at that time and place, regardless of the cyclist's speed
A cyclist in an individual time trial.
A reliability trial is an organised bicycle ride which challenges a cyclist to complete a course, passing through designated control points, within a preset time limit.
Chris Hoy, eleven-time world champion cyclist and Britain's most successful Olympian of all time with six gold medals, grew up in Corstorphine.
* Inga Thompson ( cycling )-Three time Olympic cyclist
The recorded times were not used for the rest of the Tour, but the cyclist with the fastest time would wear the yellow jersey in the next stage.
The time that each cyclist required to finish the stage was recorded.
; all-rounder: A racing cyclist who excels in both climbing and time trialing, and may also be a decent sprinter.
In the fifth stage, French cyclist Jacques Anquetil took the lead in the general classification, so in the seventh stage he wore the yellow jersey for the first time in his career.

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