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The "bi" in bicycle means two. If it had one it would be a unicycle which is harder to ride and not as useful. If it had three it would be a tricycle and not handle as well.
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What material is used to manufacture Continental bicycle tires?
The material that is used to manufacture Continental bicycle tires is rubber made from the Uniroyal company or other companies that specializes in supplying rubber for bicycle tires. To get a more specific answer to the question, a visit to the local bicycle shop can render an answer.
What kind of bicycle has two sets of dual tires in the front and one tire in the rear?
That'd be a tadpole trike
How do you tell age of bicycle tires?
Basically, you can't. Car tires comes with year of manufacture printed (in code) on them, but no such thing for bicycle tires. What you can do is judge them for dryness, mount& inflate them, and look for cracks.
Where can one find replacement bike tires?
Bicycle tires can be bought and replaced easily at many biking stores. Bicycle Warehouse, Performance Bike, and Bicycle Tutor all sell replacement bike tires as well as teach one how to replace a bike tire.
What is the width of bicycle tires?
Bicycle tires start at a little over 3/4 inch for high speed racing tires, going up through 1.5 inch for light road going tires to 2.25 inch for knobbly off-road tires.
When do you use a bicycle pump?
When you need to inflate the tires.
Why did the bicycle lay down?
Because it was too tired. (Two tired i.e. having two tires (or "tyres", in British, Australian, etc English)
Who is the inventor of the Air filled bicycle tire?
Air fille bicycle tires were invented by John Dunlop.
Why are there so many flaws in bicycle tires?
You must be buying cheap tires. I find almost no flaws in bike tires that I use.
Why bicycle tires have small treads?
Not all of them have. Bicycle tires for soft/loose surfaces will have coarse treads and very knobbly patterns.But bicycle made to be ridden on hard surfaces will have very smooth treads.The main reason why car tires for road use have tread patterns at all is to avoid aquaplaning. And due to the shape and size of the contact patch of a bicycle tire, a bicycle can'taquaplane. So small/no treads will do fine.
What is the coefficient of friction for bicycle tires?
twice as much as half of it!
What do bicycle brakes do?
Bicycle brakes allow the rider to slow down in a controlled manner and with out undue wear on the tires.
