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• Giro d'Italia
  ...'), also simply known as '''The Giro''', is a long distance [[road bicycle racing]] [[stage race]] for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/ear [[Category:Cycle racing in Italy|Giro d'Italia]]
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• Motorcycle
  [[Image:Mika_Kallio_KTM_125_II.jpg|thumb|250px|Contemporary racing motorcycle]] ...ever, but for the provision of a pair of stabilizing wheels, a motorized [[bicycle]], although they called their invention the ''Reitwagen'' ("riding car"). T
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• Ducati
  ...ike low-displacement motorbikes Ducati has gained prominence in motorcycle racing and in the motorcycle industry. ...soon bought the little engines in quantity, and offered complete motorized-bicycle units for sale.
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• Suspension (vehicle)
  ...pension (motorcycle)]], [[Motorcycle fork]], [[Bicycle suspension]], and [[Bicycle fork]] articles. ...cting the unsprung, sprung and [[jacking forces]] at each wheel. Some auto racing circles use false terms, or combine things like jacking forces and sprung w
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• Tour de France
  ..., '''Le Tour''' or '''The Tour''', is an epic long distance [[road bicycle racing]] competition for professionals held over three weeks in July in and around The Tour is a "[[Stage (bicycle race)|stage race]]", divided into a number of ''stages'', each being a race
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• Wilier
  ...mic miracle,” people gave up bicycles in favor of scooters and motorbikes. Bicycle companies suffered the consequences of motorized progress, and in 1952 Wili ...n maximum comfort without sacrificing the performance of a more responsive racing bike.
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• Tire
  ...hat tire was only applied to horse drawn carriages. By Dunlop's time, the bicycle had been fully developed (see [[Rover (car)|Rover]]) and it proved a far mo ...since they reduce the contact area, hence why 'slicks' are used in [[motor racing]]. Traction is especially important for good [[brakes|braking]]. The dept
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• Differential (mechanics)
  ...te at different speeds. In vehicles without a differential, such as [[Kart racing|kart]]s, both driving wheels are forced to rotate at the same speed, usuall ...es Starley]] of [[Coventry]] invents chain-drive differential for use on [[bicycle]]s; invention later used on automobiles by [[Carl Benz]].
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• Gino Bartali
  ...r wine bottles. He began work in a bicycle shop when he was 13. He started racing at 13, became a promising amateur and turned professional in 1935 when he w ...ardia]], although his season was marred when his brother, Giulio,died in a racing accident on 14 June. Bartali came close to giving up cycling.
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• Formula One
  ...hest class of single-seat [[open-wheel]] [[formula racing|formula]] [[auto racing]]. It consists of a series of races, known as [[List of Formula One Grands ...a World Championship before [[World War II]], but due to the suspension of racing during the war, the World Drivers Championship was not formalised until 194
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• Alain Prost
  ...]) is a [[French People|French]] racing driver. He retired from Grand Prix racing at the end of 1993 after becoming [[Formula One]] World Champion for the fo Prost discovered [[kart racing|karting]] at the age of 14 during a family holiday. He progressed through m
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• Paris-Roubaix
  '''Paris-Roubaix''' is a one-day professional [[Road bicycle racing|bicycle road race]] in northern [[France]] from [[Compiègne]] to [[Roubaix]], near Paris-Roubaix is one of the oldest races of professional [[Road bicycle racing|road cycling]]. It was run first in [[1896]] and has stopped only for two w
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• Electric vehicle
  ...ric [[wheelchair]]s, the [[Segway HT]], [[electric scooter]]s, [[motorized bicycle]]s, [[golf cart]]s and [[neighborhood electric vehicle]]s. Working electri * [[National Electric Drag Racing Association]]
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• Aerodynamics
  *[http://www.efluids.com/efluids/pages/bicycle.htm eFluids Bicycle Aerodynamics] *[http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Education/Racecar/ Aerodynamics in Car Racing]
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• Michael Schumacher
  ...ted in the [[Japan|Japanese]] [[Formula 3000]] Championship and the [[DTM (racing)|German Touring Car Championship]] in the early [[1990s]]. ...ite the fact that he had only been around the track once—and on a borrowed bicycle. Michael astonished everyone by qualifying seventh in his first competition
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• Capriolo
  ...nd the machine over head cam shaft. Because the model was destined for the racing, the various changing do hard to classify the bike, but the basic character ...inder capacity, in the 1955 will produced, for range completion, the motor bicycle Capriolo Quickly with NSU engine of 48 cc two stroke, two speed. The triang
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• Quantum of Solace
  ...oft-times not. Personally, I know a lot of people who say, 'I'm riding my bicycle.' But then they have their private jet at the airport. 'I have my Gulfstrea ...es of characters from the previous films. [[Scalextric]] will release four racing sets to coincide with the film. [[Activision]] will release their first Jam
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