"Learning to ride a bike actually starts earlier," says Thomas Geisler from German cycling association Pressedienst-Fahrrad (pd-f).Depending on what toys are available, children often lay the basic ...

In fact, first gear is so low that for anything shy of a rock wall, we stayed out of that cog entirely, just to avoid having the bike wheelie out from under us.

Getting your first sports bike is a tricky affair. Features like insane acceleration, aggressive dynamics, and triple-digit top speeds mostly define sports bikes. But this can be overwhelming if ...