Essays Tagged: "mountain bikes"

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

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

Gender Roles: Societies' Law and Genetic Code

realize that there is a small pink Barbie bike, a small black bike with flames, and two genderized mountain bikes, which support my thinking of gender roles in our lives. Why do girls dislike doing t ...

(6 pages) 63 0 0.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

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) 1349 0 3.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers