Outline of cycling

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to cycling:

Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the activity of using / riding bicycles, (at least partially) human-powered, wheeled vehicles (typically by foot pedalling),^[1] for purposes including transport, recreation, social interaction, exercise, sport, therapy, other purposes,^[2] or any combination thereof.^[3]

Persons engaged in cycling are called cyclists,^[4] bikers, or sometimes bicyclists.^[5] They typically either dress for where they are going, or for the cycling, sometimes having another set of clothing with them, or arranged.

Apart from regular two-wheeled bicycles, cycling also includes riding unicycles, tricycles, quadricycles, balance bikes, and other similar human-powered wheeled vehicles (HPVs).

Some bicycles are sold with (electric) motors (e-bikes), or other motor assistance.

Cycling is practiced either solo on the vehicle, or with company, including passengers, riding in front,^[6] or sitting on the cycle's luggage carrier, or little children and/or pet animals in appropriate seats or such fixed to the bike, or occasionally actually riding with more than one person, cooperatively, on anything from a simple twin / tandem bicycle, to a multi-person party bike.

Cycling is most frequently practiced on-road, but also off-road, either mixed with other traffic, on distinct cycle lanes, separate, segregated, cycle tracks, or the sidewalk.

Cycling can be described as all of the following:

• Exercise
• Recreation
• Sport
• Commuting
• Transportation

helmet jersey gloves bib shorts socks shoes A road cyclist wearing a typical summer road cycling kit

The first piece of equipment is a bicycle (see Outline of bicycles).

Some jurisdictions require these by law:

• Bicycle helmet
• Bicycle lighting
• Bicycle lock
• Bicycle bell
• Bicycle horn

Used, but not always necessary:

• Bicycle tools
• Cycling clothing
  • Cycling gloves
  • Cycling jersey
  • Cycling shoe
  • Cycling shorts
• Time trial cycling equipment

• Detumescence and genital numbness
• Health benefits of cycling
• Ulnar tunnel syndrome

• List of cycling races in Spain
• List of cycling teams in Spain

• List of doping cases in cycling
  • Lance Armstrong doping case
    • History of Lance Armstrong doping allegations – historic background
  • Floyd Landis doping case
  • Operación Puerto doping case
  • Operation Aderlass
• Doping at the Tour de France
  • Festina affair, a doping scandal at the 1998 Tour
  • Doping at the 1998 Tour de France – other doping cases in that Tour
  • Doping at the 1999 Tour de France
  • Doping at the 2007 Tour de France

• List of Olympic medalists in cycling (men)
• Cycling at the Summer Olympics
• List of Olympic medalists in cycling (women)
• List of Olympic records in cycling
• List of Olympic venues in cycling

Bicycle sharing system

• International Cycling Film Festival
• List of films about bicycles and cycling

• Bike bus (Bike train) - Escorted group of cyclists in an urban environment for transportation safely, and often as student transport.
• Critical Mass – cycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month in over 300 cities around the world.^[7]

• Critical Mass – cycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month in over 300 cities around the world.^[7]
• San Jose Bike Party
• Warm Showers – a hospitality exchange service and organization for cycle travelers.

• History of cycling

• List of cyclists