Essays Tagged: "Mountain bike"

Mountain bikes

Mountain BikesIt has been a decade in the making, but the mountain bike has become a passion for man ... eir day off,they modified their bikes and turned a hobby of theirs into a worldwide phenomenon. The mountain bike'srapid increase in popularity was influenced by social and economic situations, and by ... and by technologicalimprovements that had the needs of bike riders in mind. The introduction of the mountain bike at a bikeconvention in Long Beach, California, early in the 1980's coincided with the ...

(18 pages) 72 0 4.3 Jun/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

The Two-Wheel Drive Bicycle

nto buying a new bicycle. My current bicycle was a beat up beach cruiser, and I really wanted a new mountain bike. So, I went down to the bookstore and bought an issue of a mountain biking magazine. I ...

(5 pages) 73 0 4.4 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

End the vehicular taxes

necessity which must not be overlooked. Recently an 18% surtax was placed on all off road vehicles. Mountain bikes, my source of transportation to and from my job, are included in this tax. Life shoul ... state legislature's subcommittee on vehicular traffic I would like you to reconsider the taxing of mountain bikes.Taxing of off road vehicles in Alaska is a great source of revenue. Mountain bikes ho ...

(18 pages) 48 0 3.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

The Most bicycle for Your Money.

TITLE: The Most for Your MoneyThe Trek 4500 is the best bicycle in the high end recreational mountain bike classification. The most competition the bike receives is from the Raleigh M-50, Schwi ... will see, the Trek 4500 will come out on top.First of all, the 4500 is Trek's high end recreational mountain bike. Basically this means that the bike is gauged toward people who will ride multiple tim ...

(3 pages) 30 1 0.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

The effects of mountain biking on bulk desity and terrain cover.

EFFECTS OF MOUNTAIN BIKING ON BULK DENSITY AND TERRAIN COVER.INTRODUCTIONThe sport of mountain biking originate ... ing originated around 1974 and the first production bike was commercially produced around 1984, the mountain bike was different from the previous cycles because of the construction of the frame, sturd ... use of this that it is important to know the impacts of new forms of recreational activity, such as mountain biking. The addition of mountain biking to trails in recreation areas has caused considerab ...

(5 pages) 41 1 4.2 Nov/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Marketing Strategy for Mikes Bikes.

BestBikes is a bicycle manufacturing company located in Erewhon. They currently produce one bike, a mountain bike. They compete for the bike market in Erewhon with three other bike companies of simila ...

(1 pages) 116 2 1.5 Dec/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Quantative Methods for Business. Managerial and scientific report Best Bike Ltd. Simulation with Excel Cristal Ball.

evaluating two new product proposals that have reached the final planning stage, namely a road- and mountain bike. BestBikes Ltd. can only produce one of the two proposed bikes. BestBikes wants to sel ... risk and the impact of these risks on the spread in the possible ROI becomes significant.Road Bike Mountain BikeForecasted maximum sales4,000Forecasted maximum sales2,500Sales price2,400Sales price3, ...

(9 pages) 229 0 3.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

Descriptive piece and story

side of the path, his bike following him as he rolled and rolled, and like a rock hurtled down the mountainside crashing past hundred year old ferns and redwood gums. He grabbed out at passing plants ... istle enter the clear forest air. He spun around and looked up, his neck back and saw his expensive mountain bike come tumbling down the slope towards him and as the large bike crashed into him he pus ...

(5 pages) 39 0 0.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Auto Biography

It was a cool, early fall night, my dad loaded a variety of tools and my mountain bike in our white Ford escort. I climbed in and didn't really know where we were going. We ... one around, no one was using the field or track and there wasn't any one working, so we unpacked my mountain bike.My bike was black, with black wheels with silver rims, training wheels and the handle ...

(2 pages) 13 0 1.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Police Mountain Bike Patrol

History Police Mountain Bike Patrols in the United States-The utilization of mountain bikes by law enforcement agen ... become more commonplace today than ever before. Local, state, and even federal agencies all utilize mountain bikes to so-me degree in their efforts to provide better service to the populations they se ... orts to provide better service to the populations they serve.The birth of the modern utilization of mountain bikes by a law enforcement agency began in 1987 with the Seattle Police Department starting ...

(2 pages) 1356 0 3.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Biking

s pumping and coasting, the biker seems almost relaxed as he wipes the sweat off his face. However, mountain biking takes a lot of preparation. I spent a lot of time choosing the right (1) mountain bi ... osing the right (1) mountain biking equipment, in order to have fun when I started on the (2) right mountain biking trail, but I learned soon enough how easy it is to get hurt without "safe" (3) exper ...

(4 pages) 1454 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Study on Bicycle Market of India

al construction, gearing or by means of propulsion. The more common types include Utility bicycles, Mountain cycles, racing bicycles, touring bicycles, hybrid bicycles, cruiser bicycles and BMX bicycl ... have respectively one, three and four wheels, but are often referred to informally as bicycles.3.1. Mountain Bicycles: A mountain bicycle or mountain bike (abbreviated MTB or ATB - All terrain bikes) ...

(24 pages) 39 0 3.7 Dec/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing