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A bicycle is a two-wheeled, man-powered vehicle. Any questions about purchasing, riding, or maintaining a bicycle can be asked here.

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Which tour operators arrange mountain bike holidays?

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There are numerous tour operators that specialize in arranging mountain bike holidays. Some well-known ones include:

  1. REI Adventures
  2. Exodus Travels
  3. Backroads
  4. Sacred Rides
  5. H+I Adventures
  6. Ride & Seek
  7. Western Spirit Cycling
  8. Chasing Epic Mountain Bike Adventures
  9. Sierra Club Outings
  10. Escape Adventures

These operators offer a variety of mountain biking trips ranging from beginner-friendly tours to more advanced expeditions in destinations all around the world. It's always a good idea to research and read reviews to find the operator that best suits your preferences and skill level.

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Why do the wheels of a bike get very hot when breaking hard?

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The wheels of a bike get very hot when braking hard due to the conversion of kinetic energy into thermal energy. When you apply the brakes, the brake pads rub against the rim of the wheel, which creates friction. This friction slows the bike down, but it also generates a lot of heat. The heat is transferred from the brake pads to the rim, which is why the rim gets hot.

The amount of heat that is generated depends on a number of factors, including the speed of the bike, the force of the brakes, and the material of the brake pads and rim. In general, the faster the bike is going and the harder you apply the brakes, the hotter the rim will get.

If you brake too hard or for too long, the rim can get so hot that it can warp or even melt. This can cause the tire to blow out, which can be dangerous. It is important to brake smoothly and gradually to avoid overheating the rim.

What was unusual about the penny farthing bicical?

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The front wheel is much bigger than the rear wheel.

Who makes the best bikes Claud butler or diamondback?

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The upgrade on the Falcon Our claud butler electric bikes it up a gear from the similar Falcon Turbine in our range. Not only have we upgraded the drivetrain to Shimano Altus shifters and derailleurs, you also get Tektro hydaulic disc brakes and improved control thanks to the wider 700mm handlebars and stu

Which one would compress more a solid rubber bicycle or a inflated mountain bike tire?

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A "solid rubber bicycle" wouldn't be particularly useful, so I assume that you actually mean a comparison between a solid and an inflated bicycle tire.

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It depends. An inflated tire of a very high pressure will compress less than a solid tyre made out of soft rubber. OTOH a hard rubber solid tyre will compress less than a low-pressure inflatable tyre.

Where can one purchase a Montague folding bicycle?

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Designed to fold (dawes bike hybrid) into an easily transportable package.Folding e bike can be a top choice for commuters, city dwellers and everyone else short on space. They can be packed down small, so you can fit them onto the busiest of trains, under a desk or in cramped apartments.

How do you get through the sky pillar?

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It's simple; just get the Mach Bike. With it, you can get up enough speed to pass over the blocks that crack when you step on them, so you can go straight up and face Rayquaza. Take some Repels though, the process is difficult so you'll run into some pretty difficult wild pokémon at about level 45-50.

How do you put a bicycle together?

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read the instructions

How do you put a card on bike spokes?

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Depends on what you mean.

If you want a nice puttering sound as you ride along, you'll fold part of the card double around a fender strut so that the free end protrudes int the spokes. Clamp it in place with a clothes pin.

For extra points, tie a string between the end of the clothes pin and the handle bar, so that the tension on the string controls the angle of the card against the spokes.

If you haven't got fender struts, try attaching the card by the seatstays.

If you don't want the sound, but is instead going for that Messenger/Hipster style of blinging their bikes by displying cards in their wheels, then it's even simpler. Just interlace a card by running it over one spoke, under the next, then over again, and slide it towards the hub until it sticks.

How do you do a bicycle kick in pes?

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you can do a bicycle kick anywhere on the field but here`s the catch only certain characters can do bicycle: messi , cristiano ronaldo,w,rooney,drogba,teves and torres. ok be directly backing the goal bars you have to score in and the ball must be in the air coming at one of the above characters hold A as long as you want doesnt matter if you do it sucessfully you will perform a bicycle.

there is another way to perform a bicycle:be facing the opposite of the bars you have to score in tap L,L,X and then hold A with one of the above characters.

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What physical circumstances makes riding a bicycle difficult for Jonas in The Giver by Lois Lowry?

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It is not really difficult for Jonas to ride a bicycle until the end of the book when Jonas has been riding his father's bike which doesn't fit him, for days on end with a baby seat straped onto the back and a baby in it (I can't remember the baby's name). This makes it hard for Jonas. He also is riding the bike up hills. read the book. it's good, i promise.

the baby's name is gabriel

Why bicycle tube have more punctures in summer?

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In theory, it's about how gasses behave. If you have the same amount of gas in an enclosed space, then the pressure will increase if the temperature increases and decrease when it gets colder.

In reality, bike tires will lose a little air straight through the tube/tire, so the state of the tire will also be dependent on when it was last inflated.

Can you remove brakes off a freewheel to make it into a fixed gear?

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Depends. If it's a so-called flip-flop hub it will, if it's a fixed-only it won't. Flip-flop hubs have regular freewheel threading on one side, and the special fixed threading the other. But the axle may be too short.

Is there such a thing as a child bike attached to an adult bike?

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Well, sort of. There are trailer bikes (also known as tag-alongs, add-a-bikes and trail-a-bikes) that looks like the rear half of a kids bike but with the frame stretched to a long gooseneck that attaches to the rear rack or saddle post to an adults bike. The trailer bikes can not be ridden by themselves as they lack a front wheel, but must be attaached to another bike to be useful.

What BMX bike should you get if you don't want to spend much more than 400 Australian dollars?

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Consider a used one. There is more value there, and you won't be paying for "hype" sold by new equipment manufacturers. New bikes are nice, but think this through. You will have to shop smart, of course, and some questions arise. Grab a seat and lift the tab on a cold Pepsi. You gonna bust a move on a 20" unit or go cruiser class with the 24" wheels? How old are you and how tall are you? It makes a bit of difference. And what are you planning on doing with the bike? Racing? Tricks and stunts? Transportation to and from school on something that rocks? Or just some styling around the neighborhood? These will have a lot to do with what you zero in on. For $400 Aus (max) you should get a killer bike. I'd expect a 3-piece crank (and a good one, not one of those 2-ton monsters of solid steel). A cartridge bottom bracket, too. Sealed bearings, the works. And with a nice straight frame and fork. Few if any scratches. Certainly nothing that's been thrashed. Maybe aluminum, maybe steel. Maybe polished, chrome or painted. Some bike shops sell used bikes. They can do an evaluation on any bike for you, too. Why not ask in advance what their rates are for a pre-sale evaluation of a privately owned bike? Hey, we're just gettin' started, dude. If you're gonna look at used bikes, ask for the history of the bike before you look it over closely. Let the owner tell you what the bike has been used for and how long. You will compare what he says about how the bike was used against what you see when you look at the bike later. Listen carefully, and ask a few simple questions for clarification. There are things to look for. Take inventory, and start by flipping the bike to check the wear on the tires. Do the front and rear tires match? Mismatched tires mean wear or damage to a tire and the installation of a replacement. Does having a tire replaced square with the history you took? After checking the rubber, try giving the wheels a spin and looking at them. How do they look? Hold a popsicle stick against a seat stay or chain stay and let it just barelytouch the rim. Same on the front, but put your stick on the fork. Does the rim rub gently all the way around? Or, if you leave a small gap, does that gap remain constant through the whole rotation of the wheel? It should on a tuned wheel. The rims shouldn't be scratched, and they better not be dinged. If the wheel is true, are all the spokes tensioned, and evenly so? If the wheel is out of true, the spokes may have some loose one in their number. A wheel that is just a bit out of true can be trued by adjusting the spokes. That's what they're for. But think about it. Wheel truing is done with a jig and by an experienced hand. Hubs should be of some kind of alloy. And get some with sealed cartridge bearings if you can. Leave the cones and loose ball bearings to the geeks and freaks. Wheels (and their spokes and hub sets) are money on a bike. They are arguably the single most important part of the machine. You can get burned in any kind of competition if you're ridin' phat with your 3-piece and an aluminum frame and bunk wheels when someone with a steel frame, an Ashtabula crank and tuned wheels rolls on you. Oh, and in case you didn't get it, an Ashtabula crank is the "old school" name for the one-piece style crank made in the U.S. by the Ashtabula folks. School's still in. Quit lookin' at the clock. Spin the pedals. Do they spin freely and evenly? You can replace pedals and they don't cost a fortune, plus you can get a set suited to your riding and your taste. But the pedals are an indication to what kind of treatment the bike had. Are they bent? If so, the bike may have been hammered during use. Lots of easy miles put a bit of wear on a bike, but just a few miles of hard use ruin a bike. Use the pedals as a guidepost. And look at the outer ends of them to see how scratched or ground down from heavy abrasion they appear. Are there "new" pedals on a "used" bike? They have have been replaced. Move on to the chain, chain ring and cog. The bike's still upside down from your wheel evaluation, isn't it? So how does the chain look? Is it clean? Abraded? Take a paper towel (or not, if you're a tough guy) and grip the chain in the middle and give it a slight twist. You'll be twisting it "around" its direction of travel to see how much its worn. The more it twists, the more it's worn. New chains don't like to twist. Roll the crank slowly and stand behind the bike to look along the chain line. Are the crank arms staying "in line" as the go 'round? Both of them? Is the chainring true? Does it stay "flat" as you turn the cranks? After you stop turning the cranks, use your paper towel to wipe a few of the exposed teeth of the chainring and the cog? How much wear do you see? A little? A lot? You looked at pedal ends, now look at the handlebar ends, or, rather, the ends of the handlebar grips. Are they good looking, torn a bit or missing entirely exposing the bar ends? Grips are not expensive, but they tell you things like the pedals do. Take note. Are the ends of the axles unmarked, or do they look they look they've been ground on? That plays to how the bike was treated, like pedal end wear and handlebar grip end wear. How's the seat? A tear means wear. That's a starting checklist. Your bike shop can help you with more things to look for, or can do the looking for a small fee. Shopping for a used unit can save you some bucks and get you a lot more bike for the same money. Don't be clowned by the big ads the manufacturers post about this bike or that bike being the "newest technology" or the killer machine ridden by Jack "the Hammer" Hammersmith (a made up name). Bike manufacturers sponsor events and sell bikes. Of course you can't hope to win the big races without their newest bike. Yeah, right. Think about the options you have. Brand name isn't always the end all, be all that some say it is. And you can get a used well known brand name bike for less than your maximum limit as regards price.

Can you do tricks on a bmx racing bike?

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Certainly. Maybe not all, but definitely some. A race bike is unlikely to have a gyro/detangler, so you probably can't do bar spins. A race bike is also likely to be lighter/weaker than dedicated trick bikes, which will make it less suitable for some tricks.

What is the average cost for a bike?

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It depends on where you want to buy the bike from? For instance, a couple of miles from my UK home is a bike store that offers standard priced bikes, and sometimes offer special low priced bikes.
Therefore, it is difficult to give an average price - search the internet, visit stores and smaller traditional bike shops, and look through the small advertisements of your local newspaper. Also, ask a neighbour in case they have a bike gathering dust in their garage!

Why are modern bikes made of advanced composites?

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The speed at which a cyclist can go uphill is determined by the amount of power he or she can generate and the weight of the rider and the bicycle. The lighter the bike, the better it is for climbing. Light weight is also good for acceleration. Composite materials make it possible to build very light bikes that are still quite strong and stiff.

How long will it take to ride a bicycle 20 miles at 12 miles an hour?

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20/12=1 2/3 hours. Or 1 hour, 40 minutes.

Are bike safer?

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That really depends on the situation. In a mixed crash (bicycle vs car) the car will just about always be safer.

OTOH bicycles travel slower, can't catch fire, can't trap you inside them etc, etc. This means that for some types of accidents, a bicycle will be safer.

But then there's the question of what you're comparing with. Bikes are slower, so if you look at risk vs covered distance, you'll get one answer. Look at risk vs travel time you get another ASO.

What A cycle with three wheel called?

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it is called a tricycle

there are many types of languages in which it can be pronounced, in India it is called as Auto Rickshaw.