Talk:Bicycle

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BHSCPraxis (talk) 16:05, 28 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]

"Since a moving bicycle makes little noise, some countries insist that bicycles have a warning bell for use when approaching pedestrians, equestrians, and other cyclists, though sometimes a car horn can be used when a 12 volt battery is available.[citation needed]"

add citation: https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/safety-and-road-rules/road-rules/a-to-z-of-road-rules/bicycles#:~:text=A%20cyclist%20is%20required%20to,her%20voice%20to%20warn%20others.

Not done: The source doesn't support the statement. M.Bitton (talk) 16:09, 28 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]

Unicode, the code point for "bicycle" is 0x1F6B2. The entity 🚲 in HTML produces 🚲.[17] AboutCycle (talk) 20:21, 7 April 2023 (UTC) [reply ]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Tollens (talk) 21:09, 7 April 2023 (UTC) [reply ]

A motorcycle is a motorized bicycle, and while it has evolved, the basic control principles are the same. Plus technology often crosses over (disc brakes are an example to source an explore). I think the link should be shown to a much stronger degree. Especially with the mention of ebikes in the lead section which by definition are a type of electric moped. Electric bikes also do not currently have a clear line between motorcycle and bicycle. At the very least I propose the suggested links include motorcycle. A reasonable voice (talk) 11:15, 13 April 2023 (UTC) [reply ]

Change the link in the 1st source: Herlihy, David V. (2004). Bicycle: The History. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12047-9. From: (does not work): https://archive.org/details/bicyclehistory0000herl To: (works): https://archive.org/details/bicyclehistory0000herl_n1m2/page/n3/mode/2up

Thanks Fire-Balloons (talk) 12:18, 25 May 2023 (UTC) [reply ]

Done Cocobb8 (talk) 16:13, 25 May 2023 (UTC) [reply ]

You could expand the information about U+1F6B2 BICYCLE that it is an emoji and belongs to the Transport and Map Symbols block. It might be superfluous in plain text in an article about transport and not computing, but you could create wikilinks to emoji or Transport and Map Symbols. 83.9.244.138 (talk) 14:21, 27 June 2023 (UTC) [reply ]

Sirpsa (talk) 18:30, 12 November 2024 (UTC) [reply ]

In the section "Maintenance and repair," subsection "repair," change "in the comfort of home" to "from the comfort of home."

Change "in Italy in 2011 the number of bicycle sales (1.75 million) just passed the number of new car sales." to "in 2011, the number of bicycle sales in Italy (1.75 million) surpassed the number of new car sales."

Done The maintenance and repair section could stand to be rewritten from actual sources rather than the original research that's currently there, but for the time being I rewrote the "comfort of home" bit to be a little more encyclopedic and added a reference. Also updated the bike sales in Italy wording per your request, thanks. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 19:30, 13 November 2024 (UTC) [reply ]