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• Road bicycle racing
  [[Image:Henninger Turm-2005-Finale-Runde2-Spitzengruppe.jpg|thumb|250px|Bicycle racers at the 2005 [[Rund um den Henninger-Turm]] in Germany]] ...time trial|individual]] and [[team time trial]]s are another form of cycle racing on roads). It is one of the most physically demanding sports that one can
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• List of road bicycle racing events
  This is a '''list of important men's [[road bicycle racing]] events'''. Note that this list only includes road races, and no [[track c [[Category:Road bicycle racing]]
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• Wire wheels
  ...re spoked wheels), today are still used on many [[motorcycles]] and most [[bicycle]]s. Such wheels have a hub connected to a rim by wire [[spoke]]s. Although ...el/index.html this analysis] which shows the lower spokes of pre-tensioned bicycle wheels compressing (losing their pre-tension) as they roll under a loaded h
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• Bikes
  |<center>'''[[List of road bicycle racing events]]'''</center> |<center>'''The [[Bicycle]]'''</center>
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• DeRosa
  ...o Milanino in the eighties, Ugo De Rosa embarked on a new project to build bicycle frames from titanium tubes which would stand up to the rigors of profession
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• Guerciotti
  ...ated quickly through the world of frame building. In 1980, another notable bicycle artisan Alberto Mondonico, became a partner & production manager. Guerciott
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• Slick tire
  ...heel, but are typically used on only the driven (powered) wheels in [[drag racing]], where the only concern is maximum traction to put power to the ground. ...h must be able to operate in all weather conditions. They are used in auto racing where competitors can choose different tires based on the weather condition
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• De Rosa Tango
  ...rreverent originality, this frame hides the authentic soul of every racing bicycle bearing the De Rosa signature. Aerodynamic lines, with confirmed graphics u
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• Bianchi bike
  ...Industri AB]], since May 1997. Bianchi is also considered to be the oldest bicycle manufacturer in the world today. ...wn for their [[racing bicycle]]s built by their famous '''reparto corse''' racing department in Italy, which more often than not are equipped with [[Campagno
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• Tommasini
  ...cing geometries. At that time, many amateurs and professional racers were racing and winning on Tommasini's frames. In addition, Tommasini worked under and
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• Track cycling
  ...er velodromes where the track banking is relatively shallow) using [[track bicycle]]s. Track racing is also done on grass tracks marked out on flat sportsfields. Such events a
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• Trail braking
  ...e entrance to a turn and are gradually released up to the point of [[apex (racing)|apex]]. This technique is commonly used when racing, but can enhance control and add more evasive options for street riders mak
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• Olmo bicycle
  ...r in the 1930s. After his racing career, Giuseppe embarked on building the bicycle business that bears his name. To this day Olmo and his family build several
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• Racing
  ...racing.inflatables.arp.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Offshore inflatable '''racing''' (Thundercat class) at Ilfracombe, north Devon, England.These boats can r |[[image:aircraft.racing.arp.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Air '''racing''':Hungarian aerobatics pilot Peter Besenyei at speed in his Extra 300 at a
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• List of Manufacturers
  This page lists [[bicycle]] and bicycle parts manufacturers past and present. *[[Bianchi (bicycle manufacturers)|Bianchi]]
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• Carlo Abarth
  ...worked for Castagna in [[Italy]] (1925-27), designing [[motorbike]] and [[bicycle]] chassises. Back in Austria, he worked for [[Motor Thun]] and [[Joseph Opa ...engineering. After a serious accident in [[Linz]] he abandoned motorbike racing, and designed a [[sidecar]] (1933) with which he managed to beat the [[Orie
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• Road racing
  ...es to [[motorsport]], specifically, [[automobile racing]] and [[motorcycle racing]].'' [[Image:Motorcycle phillip island02.jpg|thumb|250px|Road bike racing around Phillip Island]]
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• Fiorelli
  ...racing bicycle.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''1952 38cc Fiorelli Mosquito racing bicycle''' [http://www.fressonsportsmopeds.co.uk <small>Source</small>]]]
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• Board track racing
  '''Board track racing''' was a type of racing where the track had a surface of wood boards. The genre was popular in the .... The track used the same technology as the French [[velodrome]]s used for bicycle races. The tracks were created with 2x4 boards. Tracks were banked up to 45
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• Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic
  ...''' [[cycling]] [[race]] is the longest one day [[Road bicycle racing|road bicycle race]] on the [[Union Cycliste Internationale]] (UCI) calendar, being 299.1 [[Category:Cycle racing in Australia]]
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• Cyclo-cross
  '''Cyclo-cross''' is a form of [[bicycle racing]]. Races take place typically in the autumn and winter (the international o ...tires. They have to be lightweight because competitors need to carry their bicycle to overcome barriers or slopes too steep to climb in the saddle. The sight
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• Atala
  ...ted producing with the Ceriz brand, and in the '60s, leading international racing scene of the Atala brand. '''Atala''', founded as a bicycle factory, began building motorcycles before the war using ''JAP'' and ''Blac
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• De Rosa
  ...the amateur level. But he also became very interested the science of the [[bicycle]] itself, and this proved to be the area where DeRosa would make his mark o ...[[racing]] [[bicycles]]. He understood what it took to build a true racing bicycle and his reputation began to spread among the amateur racers in [[Milan]].
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• Barney Oldfield
  ...eld beside racer [[Ralph Hepburn]] at Fulford-Miami Speedway [[board track racing|board track]] on February 22 1926, courtesy of the Florida Photographic Col ==Racing career==
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• Ugo Sivocci
  ...same year he won [[Targa Florio]] with RL Targa Florio which was his major racing achievement, the whole race was great success to Alfa Romeo since also seco .... His car was carrying number 17 which was never again assigned to Italian racing cars.
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• Cinelli
  ...ation for quality in design and production similar to Italy's other famous bicycle marques. ...e company over to a young entrepreneur in the steel tube industry with the bicycle at heart: Antonio Colombo.
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• Legnano Bike
  ...an from Legnano, who was looking precisely into new opportunities in the [[bicycle]]s sector. For this reason Tosi had already purchased some patents from a r ...a in [[Milan]], under enemy bombings. And of course he is riding a Legnano bicycle.
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• Bianchi Motorcycles
  ...lan]]’s Via Nirone in 1885. Bianchi was a prominent name in the motorcycle racing world from 1925 to 1930. ...and a car in 1900. In 1903 he fitted engines in the centre of strengthened bicycle frames, and by 1905 also fitted Truffault [[Motorcycle fork#Leading Link Fo
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• Colnago
  ...lnago''' is a manufacturer of [[road bicycle racing|road racing]] [[Racing bicycle|bicycles]] founded by Ernesto Colnago in 1954 in [[Province of Milan|Cambia ...to a gold medal at the [[1960 Summer Olympics|Rome Olympics]] on a Colnago bicycle. From the late 1960s through the 1970s, Colnago was generally regarded as o
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• Derailleur gears
  ...from one sprocket to another. Although widely referred to as "[[gear]]s", bicycle "gears" should properly be referred to as '''sprockets''' since they are dr ...le]] attached to a [[Shifter (bicycle part)|shift lever]] mounted on the [[bicycle frame|down tube]], handlebar [[Stem (bike)|stem]], or [[handlebar]]. When a
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• GP Wolber
  The '''GP Wolber''' was a [[France|French]] [[Bicycle racing|cycling]] event in the [[1920's]]. It was considered a kind of unofficial W [[Category:Cycle racing in France]]
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• Birel
  ...e switch to a Brabham chassis was made and the Birel name disappeared from racing history. ...) started building [[kart]]s in the late [[1950s]] after many years as a [[bicycle]] manufacturer.
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• Paris-Brest-Paris
  '''Paris-Brest-Paris''' (PBP) is an approximately 1200km ''[[randonnée]]'' [[bicycle]] ride held on an out-and-back course between [[Paris]] and [[Brest, France ...s contested by a few great professional athletes as a demonstration of the bicycle's potential, today the focus is on the ordinary or casual rider. However, P
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• Pinarello
  ...gh end bicycles. The company makes bicycles for road racing, track racing, bicycle messengers, and [[cyclo-cross]]. ...ealization of yet another of Giovanni's passions arose, the PINARELLO (the bicycle).
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• Torelli
  Frameset: TIG welded with classic stage-racing geometry. Please see the chart at the bottom of the page for geometry speci Tempe Bicycle
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• Danmark Rundt
  '''Danmark Rundt''' is a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[road bicycle racing]] [[stage race]]. It is current sponsored by the Danish national postal ag
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• Tour de Suisse
  ...ge|English]]: ''Tour of Switzerland'') is a [[UCI ProTour]] [[road bicycle racing|stage race]] held annually in June. The race debuted in 1933 and has evolv
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• Campagnolo
  ...et]]s (gruppos) intended to be supplied as a near complete collection of a bicycle's mechanical parts. While Campagnolo's highest grade groups, Record (curren ...ionary fundamental cycling products as the [[quick release]] mechanism for bicycle wheels, derailleurs, and the patented "rod" gear for gear changing. [[Gino
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• Wall of death
  ...y out tricks. Derived directly from US motorcycle boardtrack (motordrome) racing in the early 1900s, the very first carnival motordrome appeared at Coney Is ...separate and distinct evolution from carnival motordromes and derived from bicycle acts or "cycle whirls" in the early 1900s.
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• Bicycle gearing
  [[Image:Rohloff-nabe.jpg|right|thumb|A bicycle with a [[hub gear]].]][[Image:Shimano xt rear derailleur.jpg|right|thumb|Sh ...thumb|[[Bevel gear|Bevel ring gear]] on the rear wheel of a [[shaft-driven bicycle]]]]
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• Deutschland Rundfahrt
  ...s the most important [[stage race|multi-stage]] [[road bicycle racing|road bicycle race]] in [[Germany]]. Initially the race was held in May/June. Since [[200
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• Donington Park
  ...ish F3]], [[Superbike racing|British Superbikes]], [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|MotoGP]] ...re motoring enthusiast Tom Wheatcroft. It is used as a [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] track, and for music festivals.
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• Girardengo
  ...e was [[Italy]]’s greatest. After ending his cycling career he started a [[bicycle]] factory and later on, in the fifties, also produced 2-stroke motorcycles
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• Mondonico
  ...y side with his father, Antonio. The family's involvement with cycling and racing is deeper now than ever. ...OLN's Giro d'Italia are from Giuseppe Mondonico's collection of racers and racing from that great age of cycling.
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• Coppa Placci
  ...a [[classic cycle races|semi classic]] [[Europe]]an [[Road bicycle racing|bicycle race]] held between [[Imola]], [[Italy]] and [[San Marino]]. Since 2005, th
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• Road bicycle racing
  [[Image:Henninger Turm-2005-Finale-Runde2-Spitzengruppe.jpg|thumb|250px|Bicycle racers at the 2005 [[Rund um den Henninger-Turm]] in Germany]] ...time trial|individual]] and [[team time trial]]s are another form of cycle racing on roads). It is one of the most physically demanding sports that one can
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• Mountain biking
  '''Mountain biking''' is the sport of riding [[bicycle]]s in a more extreme way, although not necessarily off paved roads—[[Bike ..., most [[mountain bike]]s have a similar look: knobby tires, large round [[bicycle frame|frame]] tubing, and some sort of suspension or shock absorbers are th
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• Veenendaal-Veenendaal
  ...important cycling events|semi classic]] professional [[cycling]] [[Bicycle racing|race]] in the [[Netherlands]] starting and finishing in the town of [[Veene [[category:Cycle racing in the Netherlands]]
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• Anzani
  ...his native Italy, Anzani moved to France where he became involved in cycle racing. He moved on to motor cycles and designed and built a record breaking light ==Motor racing==
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• List of road bicycle racing events
  This is a '''list of important men's [[road bicycle racing]] events'''. Note that this list only includes road races, and no [[track c [[Category:Road bicycle racing]]
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• Vehicle dynamics
  ...For [[single-track vehicle]]s, specifically the two-wheeled variety, see [[Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics]]. For [[aircraft]] see [[Aerodynamics]]. For [[wat ...d by a [[Pacejka]] Magic Formula model, or a similar concept. [[Sim_racing|Racing car games or simulators]] are also a form of vehicle dynamics simulation, a
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• Beta (Motorcycle)
  ...copic shock absorbers (1950). A 175 cc followed and was entered into sport racing events like the ''Milano-Taranto'' and the ''Motogiro'' with excellent resu * [http://www.betaracing.co.uk/ Beta Racing UK] Uk based Beta Trials site.
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