The Life Saving Bicycles

Published on March 4, 2010

A bicycle is a human supercharged vehicle that has a frame connected with two wheels and that is
driven by a pedal. presented during the 19th centuries bicycles are known to outdo the
total number of motor vehicles by a ratio of 2 to 1. Bicycles being the main method of transport in many corners of the earth, the bicycle is also majorly used for other recreational activities and for the purpose of fitness and even in the case of law enforcement activities such as petrolling an area.

Bicycles and Its Story

Since the origin of the chain-driven model in around 1885, the key innovation and the shape of a
typical bicycle has remained relatively unchanged. But, other advances such as using computers to design
and check the stability have been made to the bicycle from its manufacturing process. Some bicycles are especially
factory-made to adhee to standards of racing, cyclicling on mountains and even for law enforcement. In addition, many of the parts that played a
major role in the development of autos for instance, ball bearings, pneumatic tires and spoke tensioned wheels were initially intended for
the bicycle.

Features of a Bicycle

Dynamics
of the bicycle is something that should be referred to first. A bicycle has to maintain its center of gravity over the wheels in order to stay upright or balanced.
Therefore, it attains this by the moving forward using the steering which is unremarkably provided by the rider
and sometimes even by the bicycle itself. Additionally, in order to pilot successfully the body of the rider must balance out the dynamics,
particularly at turns. A technique mentioned to as counter-steering is used to attain this task by directly turning the handlebars with the hands
or indirectly leaning or slanting the bicycle.

Bicycle can be classified as an extremely
economic machine looked at in both biological and mechanical view point. When
equating the energy an individual must spend to travel a given distance, the bicycle is stated to be the most efficiently
operating self supercharged method of transportation. Nearly, 99% of the energy is transferred to the wheels of the bicycle when a
rider exerts energy into the pedals. Nevertheless when gears mechanisms are used this figure may drop by 10-15%.A rider using a bicycle
experiences air drag or the resistive force that is exerted by air. When the speed is high, a lot of energy will be needed
to overcome this airdrag resulting in an exhaustive ride for the rider. The only way to reduce the air drag is to significantly reduce the position to supine or prone that is in line with aerodynamics.

The main
features of a bicycle are frame, steering mechanisms, seating, drivetrain, suspension, wheels and brakes. Some
bicycles use optional mechanisms to get advantage for the dynamics of the bicycle. Using gears a rider can produce a higher power output with a relatively low
power input and thus, maximizing the efficiency of the bicycle.

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