Cyclist


 
 
Cyclist

A cyclist is a person who engages in cycling whether as a sport (bicycle racing) or who rides a bicycle for recreation or transportation (utility cycling).

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The words bicyclist or 'biker' are also used although 'biker' is usually taken to mean someone who rides a motorbike or sometimes a mountain bike.

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Professionals are joined in a cycling team where they follow a strict diet, regular exercise, etc.

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For a collection of professionals, see Category:Professional cyclists.

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Cycling: Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. It involves riding bicycles, unicycles, tricycles, and other human powered vehicles (HPVs). As a sport it is governed internationally by the Union Cycliste Internationale in Switzerland (for upright bicycles) and by the Internat...

Sport: A sport consists of a physical activity or skill carried out with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of a skill, or some combination of these. A sport has physical activity, side by side competition, and a scoring system. The differ...

Bicycle racing: In bicycle racing sports bicycles are used in a competitive way, most often in trials of speed. There are two types of bicycle: recumbent (which hold world speed records) and diamond frames which are faster up hills....


Cyclist related Images and Photos (experimental)

Cyclist Manoeuvres
Cyclist Manoeuvres
The Cyclist
The Cyclist
Action of Female Cyclist Competing on the Velodrome
Action of Female Cyclist Competing on the Velodrome
The Dynamism of a Cyclist
The Dynamism of a Cyclist
Bill Wohl  Businessman Turned Cyclist after Recovery from Congestive Heart Failure  January 7  2005
Bill Wohl Businessman Turned Cyclist after Recovery from Congestive Heart Failure January 7 2005

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Professional cyclists
 


 

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