• Ms. MERRITT: Although I don't know that I would ever want my own mug shrink-wrapped on the bus or on the car or on the bicycle, whatever - no matter what way we're traveling.

    NPR: Tift Merritt Will 'See You On The Moon'

  • My exercise routine has a simple goal: It is all about improving strength to weight as measured by two benchmarks: uphill times on the bicycle, and the number of pullups, dips and pushups I can do in a 30-minute workout.

    FORBES: Extreme Fitness For A Hardcore Economy

  • They sleep together and Silva takes the monkey to the center each day on her bicycle, the baby snug in the wool bag.

    NPR: Monkey-Mothering 24-Hour Chore For Colombian Woman

  • In search of a definition of "home, " the writer sets off on a bicycle tour of the Mexican desert, Japan and Vietnam.

    CNN: In Search Of A Definition

  • An onboard motion sensor can trigger an alert on your smartphone, letting you know that whatever you've tagged is on the move, so that bicycle thief won't get far before you're on the trail.

    ENGADGET: BluTracker lets you locate your stuff within 2,500 feet, we go hands-on (video)

  • The 40 muscles are attached to fine cables in sheaths, much like the brake cables on a bicycle, and these pass through the robotic wrist to operate the joints.

    ECONOMIST: Mechanical hand seeks dangerous, dirty and dull jobs

  • He once walked out the front door of a camp on the equator, and 18 months later, after the circumvolution of the globe at latitude zero on foot, bicycle, canoe and sail, he entered through the back door.

    FORBES: Connect

  • Have a "pinch me" moment as you view the Wat Mahathat temple at sunset, and then gingerly cruise the streets of Old Town on a bicycle tour before resting at The Legendha Sukhothai Resort.

    BBC: Daily deal: A getaway in Thailand

  • Enlisting the help of an engineer, Whelan has spent the past 18 months perfecting the machine and has created a highly adaptable device which snaps on around the wheel of the bicycle.

    CNN: Virtuous cycles

  • Ron Jones first saw County as a six-year-old when his father took him to their former Somerton Park home on the handlebars of his bicycle.

    BBC: Loyal support of football fan, 91

  • Lang Guoren, who would ride his son to classes each morning on the wobbly handlebars of an ancient bicycle, distinguished himself as the loudest of stage parents.

    NEWYORKER: The Olympian

  • "Around the World on a Bicycle", by Thomas Stevens.

    ECONOMIST: Sources and acknowledgments

  • Other advances included rubber cone independent suspension, designed by Alex Moulton (who incidentally, went on to design the Moulton bicycle -- another of my favorite designs), rack and pinion steering and a monocoque body that eliminated the need for a costly separate chassis.

    CNN: A design classic

  • So I called my driver, who arrived on back of his bicycle because the streets were passable for cars, and I put on a burkha and he cycled me through the crowds.

    NPR: Truck Accident Sparks Riots in Afghanistan

  • Racial-awareness training and community policing are de rigueur: if you see somebody trying to get around the city on foot or on a bicycle, they are most likely either insane or from the police.

    ECONOMIST: Trouble in paradise

  • In 1996, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) published the Lugano Charter which drew up narrow guidelines on bicycle design, and in 2009 the swimming world governing body FINA outlawed Speedo's LZR Racer swimsuit (launched in 2008) after world records were routinely broken.

    CNN: High-tech kit speeds athletes into new era

  • On the day he died, Kadian had taken the bicycle to a shop in Marlborough, having been told to get the brakes checked by his father.

    BBC: Kadian Harding

  • The journalist was shot by a gunman on a motor bicycle while driving with his wife, Jiraporn Hosakul, on a major street in the resort island of Phuket during rush hour.

    UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

  • The comparatively less-crowded outer gardens and paths along the 1, 670m-long Grand Canal were once traversed on horseback, so a bicycle makes the perfect modern substitute for exploring the great outdoor expanse.

    BBC: Easy breaks from Paris

  • "It would be like trying to do 120mph in the fast lane on a bicycle, " said Lt Col Barker.

    BBC: British army stages record-breaking virtual battle

  • Using these streets, I could traverse the entire city on my bicycle.

    FORBES: Walkability, Mobility, and Freedom

  • London Mayor Boris Johnson is to give tandem bicycle based on the city's bike hire scheme as a wedding present to Prince William and Kate Middleton.

    BBC: Royal wedding: London's tandem gift for newlyweds

  • In one experiment, a British psychologist, Ian Walker of Bath University, simply got on his bicycle and monitored the behaviour of 2, 300 vehicles that overtook him.

    ECONOMIST: America, Europe and the management of danger: A hazardous comparison | The

  • In a ground-breaking move for cyclists and would-be cyclists, National Cycle Network routes across the UK can now be navigated online using a new bicycle symbol on Google Maps, alongside the options of driving, public transport and walking.

    ENGADGET: Google and Sustrans join forces, bring bike navigation to UK Maps

  • By train, by wagon, on buggy, bicycle, on foot, they came to hear the vision of a man who loved this country and was determined to perfect it.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Speaks on the Economy

  • While Mr Mitchell admits swearing after a police officer refused to let him exit through the main Downing Street gate with his bicycle on 19 September last year, he denies directly swearing at the officer and insists he did not lose his temper or call him a "pleb".

    BBC: Andrew Mitchell

  • She was known for camping out each summer with the Air Force Academy freshman class, for going up in almost every kind of plane the Air Force flies, and for taking off on early-morning bicycle treks when she visited bases around the country.

    CNN: Air Force Secretary Widnall Stepping Down

  • But I was not ready to get on a bicycle and take to the streets.

    FORBES: Commentary

  • The seven-year-old from the house across the way raced by on her bicycle and gave me a big wave.

    BBC: Piecing together puzzles in Cambodia

  • The altercation with police took place as Mr Mitchell was attempting to get through the Downing Street gates on his bicycle.

    BBC: Andrew Mitchell

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