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Description: Sports: Cycling / Cycling makes use of the largest muscles in the body (the Gluteus Maximus and Quadriceps) so it is ... more
Cycling in General ... good for people who are trying to lose body fat. Exercising at low intensity is better for people who want to lose weight as the body doesn't have the chance to burn fat at high work rates and will burn glycogen instead (although the body will replace the burnt glycogen by metabolising body fat as soon as it can - see Krebs cycle). The most popular types of bicycle in the western world, where cycling for recreation is more common, are mountain bikes and road bicycles. The latter tend to have a more upright shape and a shorter wheelbase, which make the bike more mobile but harder to ride slowly. The design, when coupled with low or dropped handlebars, requires the rider to bend forward more, which reduces air resistance as speeds increase.

Newest Review: ... also I cycle to my grandparents rather than catching a bus. I am a pretty fast cyclist and now very strong leg muscles, and that's from many year of cycling up steep hills aswel. I find it quicker than a bus, and on some journeys quicker than a car, as you don't have to worry about traffic and there are also shorter cycle routes. But you do have to bear in mind if you will have to go up ... more

 ... hill and also the wind and direction. If you were to catch a bus on a journey such as for me college it would cost me £3 for a day ticket which also would mean I can not catch the other bus company to get right outside and would have to walk across ...more

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Premium Review Cycling in General: Cycling (229 words)
by sambarwell - written on 12/11/08 (Very useful, 35 readings)
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I love cycling, I cycle everywhere, where ever bus route goes I will cycle it faster than the bus, unless its like a one stop motorway bus. I cycle everywhere possible, including a 7 miles each was commute to college, also I cycle to my grandparents rather than catching a bus. I am a pretty fast cyclist and now very strong leg muscles, and that's from many year of cycling up steep hills aswel. I find it quicker than a bus, and on some journeys quicker than a car, as you don't have to worry about traffic and there are also shorter cycle routes. But you do have to bear in mind if you will have to go up hill and also the wind and ...

sam1942
Premium Review Tearing Down The House - A Love Affair With 'Not The Nine O' ... (2170 words)
by sam1942 - written on 26/01/07 (Very useful, 115 readings)
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Using the title as a running gag opposing the statutory mid evening news on BBC1, ‘Not The Nine o’clock News,’ favoured as funnier, topical viewing at the same time on BBC2. Chancing their livelihoods on the 17th of October 1979, the first show was broadcast, but not in the politically incorrect style that it was supposed to have first hit our screens. Sworn in by the legendary Basil Fawlty at the end of the final ‘Fawlty Towers,’ the cast of ‘Not The Nine..’ appeared young, arrogant and opinionated, or at least, in very much the same manner as Python was heralded a decade before. After more line up changes than a heavy metal band, the crew was finally set ...

taylorsr
Premium Review Cycling in General: Cars Vs Pedal Cycles - a rant. (719 words)
by taylorsr - written on 31/01/02 (Useful, 104 readings)
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Ok - this probably shouldn't be listed here, but I can't find anywhere else to put it. I am about to have a rant about drivers. Not any particular class of driver - just drivers of cars. Does anybody else find that they go out for a nice quiet ride on their bike, but unfortunatly due to the distinct lack of government funding for cycle-paths are forced to ride on the road? I do. And it's on the road that we meet all sorts of dangers, the most common of which are cars. They cut you up left right and centre, they honk their horns at you, and flash their headlights, and make hand-gestures towards you as well. And why do drivers nearly ...

 
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