Sentences with phrase «big bikes as»

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Harley, which commands about half of the U.S. big - bike market, has seen its U.S. market share erode in recent years as it grapples with an ageing customer base, weak demand from younger buyers and discounts offered by rivals.

Investors listed on its website include some big names in Chinese business today, such as Wei Dai, founder of bike sharing company ofo.

BEIJING (Reuters)- Chinese bike - sharing start - up Mobike said it has raised $ 600 million in a financing round led by Tencent Holdings Ltd, its biggest financing round to date as it seeks to expand aggressively.

My boyfriend and I rented a big house and a bunch of bikes for a week and invited friends and family to come for as long as they could (Tip: You can get people to do pretty much anything for you when you turn 30).

The chicken (which Ericsson said was «big») survived the incident but as the pictures on his Twitter show, it doesn't look like the bike did.

As I near the garden, I see Ada has been joined by her big brothers and they are all riding bikes together.

Many moms and dad swear by balance bikes as a transition to a big bike, and skip the training wheels stage altogether.

Big boys can ride bikes... but don't ever push the idea that «big children don't fight» (or cry, or throw tantrums) or any other issues which he might see as negatiBig boys can ride bikes... but don't ever push the idea that «big children don't fight» (or cry, or throw tantrums) or any other issues which he might see as negatibig children don't fight» (or cry, or throw tantrums) or any other issues which he might see as negative.

Designed for 2 to 8 players, ages 4 and up, it incorporates lots of bike trivia (with a range of questions, so younger kids or those not as in to biking won't be at a big disadvantage) with board game play.

It took until almost 1:00 a.m. to remember the look on Ryan's face as he wore his big sister's bike helmet and ran as fast as he could across the yard to show off his new fashion item.

Nowadays so much of our lives revolve around technology and screens, and I really hope that this little bike will be the start of lots of fun outdoors as a family and for my big girl.

If it's going to remain in the same place for the most part, then the weight isn't as big of an issue, but a heavier spin bike may be more likely to scuff the floor.

Worries about the extra time needed to walk or bike to work is a big reason people hop into their cars for their daily commute, but walking or biking probably wouldn't take as long as they think, according to researchers.

If not this, then this pudding: http://testkitchentuesday.com/2012/06/04/not-your-grandmas-chocolate-pudding/ with a little bit of coconut oil mixed in Lunch — Lentil sandwich on either whole wheat sourdough or wrapped in 2 collard greens (http://testkitchentuesday.com/2013/04/02/lentil-almond-spring-roll-featuring-collard-greens/) with flax crackers or maybe some dried plantains, a piece of fruit — usually an apple, but lately, a peach or 2 plums Afternoon snack — If I'm working out again on my bike, I'll have a Kind bar or maybe a handful of nuts and raisins Dinner — Big, everything but the kitchen sink salad, like this one: http://testkitchentuesday.com/2013/01/30/big-salads-for-the-win/ Evening snack — As much as I try not to have one, the evening snack is my vicAs much as I try not to have one, the evening snack is my vicas I try not to have one, the evening snack is my vice.

During my 20 + years as a competitive endurance athlete, I logged tens of thousands of training miles running and on the bike with the assumption that, in addition to becoming fit enough to race successfully at a national class level, I was also doing my cardiovascular system and the rest of my body a big healthy favor.

True love (at least for me) is riding down the road on my motorcycle and seeing the special woman in my life with a big smile as she rides her bike next to me.

Furthermore, bikers are often stereo typed as people who are uneducated and have nothing better to do than terrorize people as they move from bar to bar, transported by their big bikes.

Ryan Gosling (who was the male lead in Blue Valentine) stars as Luke, a chain - smoking motorcycle stunt driver who works at a traveling carnival riding his bike inside a big steel ball with two other daredevils, whizzing around each other at life - threatening speeds.

Rock plays Lance Barton, a bike messenger dying for his big break as a stand - up comic — literally dying, when he's hit by a truck and whisked up to heaven prematurely.

Over 3,000 events showcased the big and small ideas across the country: Manchester United held a staff bike ride, the Arcola Theatre in Hackney taught children how to make hydrogen powered cars, and stars such as Lily Cole and Gemma Arterton showed how fashion can be part of the solution to climate change by modelling a low carbon designer Climate Week T - shirt.

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Here's a look at BMW's big new cruiser, the R 1200 C, which is due out this fall as a 1998 model.This is BMW's first cruiser model, and like other BMW bikes, it'll be available with plenty of high - tech items, including anti-lock brakes, catalytic converter and a computerized engine management system.BMW says the R 1200 C will be powered by a 1170 cc flat twin boxer engine that has been tuned to deliver plenty of low - speed power.

Further down the road, at around 5 to 6 months, puppies naturally feel motivated to chase bigger things such as bikes, skaters and joggers, explains Clarissa Von Reinhardt, author of the book, Chase: Managing Your Dog's Predatory Instincts.

Cool stuff includes the Pacific Ocean; snowy plover (if you stop to walk on the beach); lots of people enjoying the scene on bike, foot, or stroller; surfers and big kites; the «sleeping lady» profile of Mount Tam to the north; and views out to as far as Drakes Point in Point Reyes on a clear day.

Should you wish to venture out for a day, there are many interesting activities all within close proximity to the game park, such as Big 5 viewing, golf, elephant interaction, mountain biking, reptile interaction and spa pampering.

Fernie 3 June 26th — 29th Known as Fernie's biggest cross country mountain bike race, the Fernie 3 is a 3 day event of single track riding.

Buggy ride will take the kids on the same ATV course as the adults on their quad bikes through the sugar cane fields with a mixture of tight turns, jumps, big puddles and lots of muddy areas to slide through!

The big flaw is over an eight year career it can become rather tiresome as you complete race after race to get to the big bikes.

You can ride as some of the big names from the last decade such as Carl Foggerty and Troy Bayliss, as well as ride their beautiful bikes that took them to such legendary heights.

You are now able to do insane tricks besides the previous wheelies, front and back - flips you can now do some pretty insane combos if you have the right speed and a big enough drop to not get killed and you pull of the tricks by using the analog sticks, however, as with anything Trials this isn't a easy task, you need to add psychics into the mix and also remember to position the bike correctly before you hit the ground unless you want to hit the ground hard.

This is an essential part of the game as if you stick with the same bike then you won't be earning the big bucks very often.

As such, regardless of your position, as long as you have a sponsor and cross the finish line then you will get an amount of experience and money which you can use to both obtain bigger paying sponsors and upgrades for your bikAs such, regardless of your position, as long as you have a sponsor and cross the finish line then you will get an amount of experience and money which you can use to both obtain bigger paying sponsors and upgrades for your bikas long as you have a sponsor and cross the finish line then you will get an amount of experience and money which you can use to both obtain bigger paying sponsors and upgrades for your bikas you have a sponsor and cross the finish line then you will get an amount of experience and money which you can use to both obtain bigger paying sponsors and upgrades for your bike.

My biggest problems with the BMX bike are that it just doesn't feel as smooth as you would hope.

With that then comes the additional races, jumps, shunts and bumps that come with the Big Surf Island extension, as well as an extra bike license to obtain, and some specific challenges to master for fans of the two - wheeled machines.

There are 6 proper licenses in the base game, but bikes and Big Surf Island licenses work as a percentage instead of doing a number of events to pass the license like the base game.

The objects in the world consist of abnormally big barrels with an abnormal weight to them, giant boxes, giant objects that act like pits and giant walls, which, as any stunt biking enthusiast can attest to, are not items that should be considered fun on any track.

When Nicole Eisenman visited Münster last year to plan her contribution to the exhibition — she described it as «a big, elegant, flat, grassy lawn and a very kind of sharp, midcentury modern — style infinity pool carved into the middle of it, and then a bunch of sloppy - ass plaster sculptures in and around it, dripping and leaking» — she and König toured the city on bikes, which is the preferred method for viewing the show.

Good for ofo, for not calling themselves a bike share scheme as everyone does, but for telling us that «dockless bike hire company ofo celebrates a successful launch in Sheffield - its biggest outside London so far in the UK.»

I usually describe cycling in Toronto as life in the Fedex Lane but it appears that it should have a new name, the Beck Lane, after Toronto's biggest taxi company, which appears to have taken over the bike lanes as their own dedicated parking areas.

If the bike is sized well and set up correctly, the rider is apt to be more at ease in the saddle, and to enjoy themselves more as a result, which is big factor in whether or not they continue to ride it.

And speaking as someone who's gone through a number of different bike lights over the years, one of the biggest pain points for these lights, other than the possibility of theft, is their dependence on batteries, which often go flat at the most inoppportune moments.

Designed by a group of students at nearby Portland State University (PSU), #BetterNaito is also an experiment to see how Portland can deal with some of the festivals and events at Waterfront Park that can create dangerous circumstances for people walking and biking as big crowds on the walkways push them further and further into the car - filled streets.

Beautiful as they may be to the more deeply appreciating ecological citizen, electric bikes won't go big time until they can blend in the with rest of the pack.

For example, they do not consider alternative methods such as reducing the amount of cars circulating within the European Union or increasing the appeal of the public transportation system by upgrading the already existing facilities, creating safer and improved bike - lanes in big cities, or electrifying the transport system to slowly reduce its dependency on fossil fuels.

We think there are some big ways that transit agencies and bike share companies benefit from this as well.

Additionally, not having a bike or related gear, or the cost of purchasing such items, was perceived as a big barrier to more individuals within the low - income people of color group.

The list of prominent bicyclists in film history includes misfit teens (Napoleon Dynamite), eccentric Einstein - like scientists (the license-less Jeff Goldblum character in Independence Day, in which the bike is, admittedly, shown as a pretty decent way to escape Manhattan), vaguely countercultural types (Mark Wahlberg's character in I Heart Huckabees, or Carl Bernstein in All the President's Men) perpetual man - children (Pee - Wee's Big Adventure), and people who otherwise refuse to grow up or are out of touch with real life and the working world.

Babin concludes that «the biggest barrier now seems to be the outdated attitude that sees bikes only as a recreational athletic opportunity rather than a practical transportation option.»

There are now big red and white danger signs so that people on bikes don't slam into the glass and perhaps even go over the side, and as Mikael notes, «If you need to put warning signs on a design, it is basically a crappy design.

The RadWagon, which the company describes as the «ultimate electric cargo bike,» is not your brother's cargo bike, in the sense that it's not a full - on conventional cargo bike that could pull double - duty hauling massive amounts of materials, but is instead not much bigger than a standard bicycle (80» / 203 cm total length).