Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. It involves riding unicycles, bicycles, tricycles and other human powered vehicles.

The Tour De France and the most famous and well know cycling event.

The two most popular types of bicycle in North America, where cycling for recreation is more common, are mountain bikes and road bicycles. They tend to have a more aggressive geometry which requires the rider to bend forward more.

The pricing of a bike can be from $50 to $10,000,depending on size, quality, type, and weight.

Many road bikes include clipless pedals in which special shoes attach via a cleat mechanism to special pedals, which allows for the transfer of power to the bike throughout the entire pedaling motion.

Lance Armstrong won the Tour De France seven straight times, he retired in 2005.

Learning to ride efficiently and safely in traffic is important for anyone who chooses to travel the public ways by bicycle.

It is estimated that, approximately 20 life-years are added to health benefits of road bicycling for every life-year lost through injury.