Geography Project - Part 1 of 5

So picking up where I left off last time, I've been looking up cycling and bikes, as part of national Bike Week, and this blog post is part 1 of 5 instalments, where I'll be linking different things round the world, so you can see just how much of a 'small world' it really is! I have to say it’s really interesting so far! 

Here's some random Bike and Cycling facts just to entertain you and educate you! :

• There are about a billion bicycles in the world!

• The first bicycles were made without pedals. 

• Cycling burns 600 calories an hour.

• Twenty bicycles can be parked in the same space taken up by one car.

•   In China, bicycles out-number cars 250 to 1.

• The longest “tandem” bike was over 20 meters long and it seated 35 people. It was recorded in the history of dumb ideas as a prime example.

• Maintaining a bike annually costs twenty times less than maintaining and riding a car.

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In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!

• Lance Armstrong was an American cyclist who after suffering from testicular cancer, went on to win the Tour de France not once but 7 times!