Cycling Vector
Cycling is the use of bicycles for transport, sport, training, recreation, and other activities. The first bicycle was developed in the 19th century. Today bicycles are really popular all over the world among people of different ages, gender, status, etc. There are many types of bicycles: road bikes, mountain bikes, race bikes. Moreover, there are unicycles, two-wheeled, tricycles, quadricycles, but two-wheeled bicycles are the most popular.
Cycling is easy to fit into a daily schedule, it is convenient to ride a bicycle to work, school, university, shop, cafe, park, post, etc. In many countries, bicycle rentals are common for driving around the city or for sightseeing like large parks, residences, mountain areas. They allow people to cover much longer distances than on foot, besides it is easier and faster. It is the most fun way of fitness and adventure at once, you cycle outdoor, breathe fresh air, and enjoy the beauty of nature. In 2020, due to COVID-19, the popularity of cycling increased with large intensity.
In some countries are commonly used utility bicycles. The postal services, police, services on delivering food and other goods of many countries have long been using bicycles. In certain countries of Europe like Denmark and the Netherlands, a bicycle is a primary form of everyday transport, and it firmly entered to their culture. A quarter of all the trips in these countries is made on bicycles and one quarter of them is to get on and from work. Sometimes bicycles are used as vehicles to move in large factories.
The great popularity of bicycles is a result of a lot of useful characteristics and benefits. Among the key ones are maneuverability, convenience of movement for relatively short distances, easy parking in overloaded cities, efficiency, and many more. Moreover, bicycles are environmentally friendly, they don't use fuels, cause no emissions, pollution, and noise. Wider use of bicycles is able to decrease traffic jams, reduce pollution, ameliorate the quality of air, and stop the greenhouse effect. Cycling is time-efficient to get somewhere in the rush hour traffic.
Most people learn to ride a bike from their earlier childhood and never lose these skills. Cycling is easy fitness, it is a sport of low strain and low risk of injuries, not requiring high levels of physical skill. However, all major muscle groups are involved in training when cycling, moreover the strength and stamina of the whole organism increase. Plus, you can regulate the intensity and speed of cycling yourself, and the time of physical workout as well. It is recommended to begin with low intensity and increase it gradually.
Example 1. Cycling Vector Illustrations Design
The highest health benefits gained from cycling are undisputed. It assists in improving human health, well-being, and body, overall fitness level. Cycling helps to protect the human body from serious diseases. It strengthens the cardiovascular system, heart, blood vessels, and lungs. It increases endurance and ameliorates the psycho-emotional state. Cycling decreases stress and reduces the risk of health problems associated with a sedentary lifestyle like obesity, diabetes, arthritis, heart diseases, depression, and more.
Regular cycling improves posture, balance, coordination, joint mobility, increases muscle strength and flexibility, helps to reduce depression and anxiety. Sometimes it is also recommended as a way of rehabilitation for lower limb injuries. Cycling raises a metabolic rate and is a comfortable and effective way to reduce and control weight. It burns about 1,200 kilojoules or 300 calories per hour. It also reduces the probability of diabetes because a lack of physical activity is its major reason.
Cycling is a pleasure and an actively developed sport. Cyclists all over the world form associations and cycling clubs, conduct competitions, and are also occupied by the issues of cycle tracks development and maintenance. Annually a lot of cycling competitions and collective rides are organized in many countries for participators of both genders and all levels. There are hold both team and individual competitions, one-day road races and multi-stage events, time trial and without accounting time, mountain bike racing. The first competitions began to be held shortly after the invention of bicycles. Large races began in the 1890s in Europe, the USA, and Japan. Tour de France is the most famous bicycle race since 1903.
However safety is one of priority in cycling, that's why there are some recommendations for safety like using bicycle helmets, reflectors, and lights in a dark time, and audible signaling devices.
Example 2. Cycling Vector Design Elements
With ConceptDraw DIAGRAM and Summer Sports solution you can easily design strict plans for roads useful for all categories of people — automobilists, cyclists, and pedestrians. Because all they make different demands for the design of roads. There are roads with a separate special bike path and other ones without it. Some roads are designed with priority to motorized traffic, others share priority between automobilists and cyclists in order to encourage and develop the cycling sport.
Summer Sports solution includes a large set of predesigned samples, 10 quick-start templates of sport fields, and 14 libraries of vector design elements — cycling, ball games, extreme sports, in the water sports, and many more.
Make the maps of roads and depict cycle tracks on them, design illustrations to overview the cycling sport, and offer the last sports news in attractive infographics. Outline useful tips for cyclists, describe the health benefits of cycling, present the schedule of cycling competitions, and many more useful information fast and simply in cycling vector illustrations.
Example 3. Summer Sports Libraries Design Elements
The infographics you see on this page were created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software using the Summer Sports Solution and included pre-made pictograms and clipart. They successfully demonstrate the solution's capabilities and professional results you can achieve. An experienced user spent 10-15 minutes creating each of these samples.
Use the powerful tools of the Summer Sports Solution for ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software to create your own infographics and diagrams of any complexity fast and easy, and then successfully use them in your work and personal activity.
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