Talk:Bicycle

Bicycle ownership per country
I'm surprised I can't find either a table, or a map anywhere on Wikipedia about this.

It would be interesting to show how many estimated bicycles there are in comparison to the population. I'm thinking of a "The lighter the shade of blue, the lower the percentage in the bike owner/population ratio". 31.3.11.254 (talk) 06:30, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 February 2023
BHSCPraxis (talk) 16:05, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

"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.
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: The source doesn't support the statement. M.Bitton (talk) 16:09, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 April 2023
Unicode, the code point for "bicycle" is 0x1F6B2. The entity &#x1F6B2; in HTML produces 🚲.[17] AboutCycle (talk) 20:21, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg 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)

The relationship of bicycles and motorcycles
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)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 May 2023
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)


 * ✅ Cocobb8 (talk) 16:13, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Unicode symbol
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)