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A few days before my family and I went on a bike ride during summer break, I learned how to ride a bike without training wheels. The route we were taking was from my house on Revere Street to Pennypack Park. I had always loved going to the park. I loved the fresh air and the trails that took us deeper into the woods, but whenever my family went on a bike ride through the park, I always felt embarrassed that I had to ride my bike with training wheels. Whenever I tried to ride without my training…

I’ve often heard that to be awake is to be alive, but last summer this phrase became all too real to me. Mountain biking in Virginia’s jagged peaks has been one of my favorite pastimes since my first visit to the seventeen-mile Creeper Trail in the summer of 2010. I often thought about this adventurous trail and the fond memories it had provided me of zipping down the mountain on the rented bikes, obtained from the charming little shops located in the town of Damascus, which was situated at the…

passion, and support may be just words to the average person, but to a “rider” it's the definition of a life style and a sport called Bicycle Motocross, better known as BMX. It's one of the “rawest,” most untouched forms of passion and freedom anyone who can experience it will love. First taking major traction (no pun intended) in the 70s (at least in the US) as bicycle racing and later into different forms like street, which is the form of BMX I will be focusing on, in this article. BMX…

fostering a “poor man’s horse” and more a sport of recreation, leisure, and daredevil competition, as in venues such as short-track and long-distance races. The bikes themselves also remained well out of the reach of most middle-class consumers. Hi-wheel bicycles of the 1870s and 1880s were difficult and often dangerous to ride. Upstart organizations such as the League of American Wheelmen (LAW, founded 1880 in Rhode Island) embraced the exclusionary technology and thus helped white and…

Have you heard of a bike-share program? A Bike Share program is an innovative transportation process(a way to get around in a better or healthier way.)in which somebody can use a bike to travel small distances and drop off the bike at the station in that service area. To add one of these programs in Bloomington/Normal would be a better and healthier option for transportation. For people to ride these bikes instead of driving cars is very helpful to the environment. Research done in some towns,…

The changes that a customer goes through as they establish and maintain customer loyalty is described as the customer life cycle, these are awareness, exploration, familiarity, commitment, and separation. The customer should have the same outcome rather their encounter is online or at the store. Not every customer goes through all five loyalty stages some of this reason could be they no longer trusted the company or they believe the prices they are charging for their products are too high and…

Summary of Findings •High quality public transportation (convenient, comfortable, fast rail and bus transport) and transit oriented development (walkable, mixed-use communities located around transit stations) tend to affect travel activity in ways that provide large health benefits, including reduced traffic crashes and pollution emissions, increased physical fitness, improved mental health, improved basic access to medical care and healthy food and increased affordability which reduces…

Short tracks and long tracks have many similarities, but also differences, so here is the one that will fit you the best. The two different types of sleds can have the same motor in them, it is all where you want to ride it. You can get most of the same options but some options you can't get on the other sled. All of the sleds you can get are mostly the same things. You can get the same motors for the two sleds. When you are storing them you don't need more storage for the long tracks, you…

Kailynn Roberts/ Prompt 5 Getting Outside: Nine out of ten people don’t spend enough time outside, but that can easily be changed by going cycling. Many people I know don’t spend enough time outside. Cycling is an enjoyable way to spend time outdoors because there are many types of cycling: mountain biking, road cycling, and BMX riding. Firstly, Mountain biking is an enjoyable way to get outside. When mountain biking I feel very relaxed. Mountain biking is a great way to relieve stress…

Does anyone know who Dave Mascaro is? Most across the country in drag racing do not know him, after the upcoming 20th Annual CARS Million Dollar Drag Race in Montgomery, AL the 24th of October 2015, Dave hopes more know who he is. Dave will be just like the hundreds of drag racers from across the country who will show up to lay down $2000.00 for a chance at the largest payout in drag racing history, known simply as “THE MILLION.” David’s journey however, does not include the large entry fee of…