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cycling
/ˈsaɪ.klɪŋ/
Definition
1
The act or sport of riding a bicycle.
2
A form of transportation or exercise involving the repetitive mechanical pedaling of a bike, typically followed by an inexplicable urge to wear neon spandex and talk about aerodynamic drag coefficients.
Examples
My friend took up cycling to get fit, but now he spends more money on carbon fiber components than his actual mortgage.
Nothing signifies a midlife crisis quite as effectively as a middle-aged man in a tight jersey cycling through traffic at dawn thinking he is in the Tour de France.
I told him cycling was good for the planet, but he seems to spend more time yelling at inanimate objects on the bike path than actually reducing his carbon footprint.