(If you are on a bike, you can hop the A train to Rockaway Park/Beach 116th Street and start pedalling).
When the current mildly Islamist government came to power, liberals and feminists feared that this powerful agency might start pedalling backwards.
Runners call it "hitting the wall" and it's the moment when you can't go any further and start pedalling squares.
A couple of the days I could have stayed put, I guess, but at this point my legs start pedaling in the morning whether I'm on the bike or not, and rain is hardly catastrophic.
Stood over it is cycle trainer Giles Makins who takes great delight in telling me that if I switch the power mode to "sport" and start pedalling, I'll get quite a thrill.
Adam Walker, one of the organisers from the collective Magnificent Revolution, described how the cycles were able to power the event: "As people start pedalling they turn the back wheel, which in turn is then turning a DC [ direct current] motor backwards.
Stringer recalled that her team routinely traveled in vans with holes in the floorboard, the road visible underneath, and she sometimes jokingly wondered whether the drivers might have to start pedaling with their feet.
Saturday 9 a.m. 3) AND WEAR A HELMET Get fitted for a mountain bike at Hoback Sports (520 West Broadway, 307-733-5335; www.comacksports.com), grab a trail map ($12) and start pedaling; the rental is $40 a day for a full-suspension bike.
You simply fill up the back end of the trike with whatever water you can find and start pedaling.
Brushless, internally geared (12 1 step-down gear ratio) electric wheel-hub motors (5kw of power each) provide propulsion; just start pedaling, and the motors engage, not unlike some electric-assisted cargo bikes.
This uses built-in sensor technology that measures speed and torque, and adjusts to pedaling style and force to deliver an added boost of motor-assisted speed at key moments, e.g. when you start pedaling, accelerate or go uphill.
