Wheel Based Activities A to Z
A collection of cycling and wheel based activities with brief comment and stickman style illustrations.
From cars to roller skates and in between - there are many ways to get around for work, leisure or fitness.
From cars to roller skates and in between - there are many ways to get around for work, leisure or fitness.
BMX Biking
Take a small bike and do tricks on it.
Fast, fun, furious - all the Fs in a small package.
Can't decide between BMX biking and skateboarding?
Do both.
Skate parks accomodate boards, bikes and those little micro scooters.
Fast, fun, furious - all the Fs in a small package.
Can't decide between BMX biking and skateboarding?
Do both.
Skate parks accomodate boards, bikes and those little micro scooters.
Cycling
Ignore the suspicions around competitive cycling and concentrate on how marvellous a sport and pastime it is.
Most people learn to ride a bike and many use one regularly.
For work, commuting or weekend pleasure - there is something very enjoyable about bike riding. Freedom, exercise and a connection with the outside world that is lost behind the wheel of a car.
Events like the Tour de France look rather less fun and more about insane levels of endurance and pain.
Most people learn to ride a bike and many use one regularly.
For work, commuting or weekend pleasure - there is something very enjoyable about bike riding. Freedom, exercise and a connection with the outside world that is lost behind the wheel of a car.
Events like the Tour de France look rather less fun and more about insane levels of endurance and pain.
Drag Racing
For most people this will be an observational hobby. A day out at a drag meeting standing and watching the variety of cars race trying to cover a quarter of a mile in a very few seconds.
It is insanely noisy and with much excitement from the danger of driving a tuned rocket at ridiculous speeds. The cars are brilliantly designed and engineered - it is easy to see why people would get into drag racing as an absorbing and enjoyable pursuit.
The classic designed dragster has a long body with thin narrow wheels at the front, long nose, mad driver, huge engine, massive fat wheels to transmit the power and a bar to stop it flipping over.
There are many wonderful and often funny designs for racers - funny cars, pickup trucks, motorbikes. A bright and loud spectacle for a great day out.
It is insanely noisy and with much excitement from the danger of driving a tuned rocket at ridiculous speeds. The cars are brilliantly designed and engineered - it is easy to see why people would get into drag racing as an absorbing and enjoyable pursuit.
The classic designed dragster has a long body with thin narrow wheels at the front, long nose, mad driver, huge engine, massive fat wheels to transmit the power and a bar to stop it flipping over.
There are many wonderful and often funny designs for racers - funny cars, pickup trucks, motorbikes. A bright and loud spectacle for a great day out.
E-Bike
E-Bikes are rising in popularity thanks to eco concerns and Covid insecurities. Rather than commuting through cities on germ-ridden expensive public transport, e-bikes offer a genuine alternative.
Faster and easier than walking, cleaner than fossil fuel cars and less expensive than other electric vehicle options.
Depending on legislation, the e-bike outlook seems favourable. Perhaps it's time has come.
Faster and easier than walking, cleaner than fossil fuel cars and less expensive than other electric vehicle options.
Depending on legislation, the e-bike outlook seems favourable. Perhaps it's time has come.
Electric Unicycle
How to categorise this?
A one-wheeled electric vehicle for leisure and short commuting.
A more advanced version of the hoverboard for those with faith in electronics and gyroscopes.
Shortened to EUC riding for added cool.
A one-wheeled electric vehicle for leisure and short commuting.
A more advanced version of the hoverboard for those with faith in electronics and gyroscopes.
Shortened to EUC riding for added cool.
e Scooter
The e-scooter is an electrically powered micro scooter - ideal for commuting with a virtue signalling ecological attitude.
It also has the benefit of being pretty cool, dangerous and banned from many areas.
The electric vehicle has a chequered history - the Sinclair C5, the Segway, milk floats. A cynic might suspect the oil industry of manipulating politicians to ensure obstacles are put in the way of anything that might usurp their grip on power.
It also has the benefit of being pretty cool, dangerous and banned from many areas.
The electric vehicle has a chequered history - the Sinclair C5, the Segway, milk floats. A cynic might suspect the oil industry of manipulating politicians to ensure obstacles are put in the way of anything that might usurp their grip on power.
Hovercraft
Slightly cheating to include on this page, a hovercraft does not have wheels.
It rides on a cushion of air with a large fan on the back for propulsion and steering. Noisy and exciting, an expensive toy for people moving beyond normal boats and jet skis.
It rides on a cushion of air with a large fan on the back for propulsion and steering. Noisy and exciting, an expensive toy for people moving beyond normal boats and jet skis.
Inline Skating
Or rollerblading. The roller skate wheels are all in a line - hence inline - and they are similar to ice skating but on wheels.
Fun, fast, cool and great exercise - ideal for whizzing along the beach front in dangerously tight fitting clothing.
Fun, fast, cool and great exercise - ideal for whizzing along the beach front in dangerously tight fitting clothing.
Karting
Or go-karting. Hire a very small car for a while and travel extremely fast round a track.
There is an obligatory and boring safety lesson then helmets on and behind the wheel.
A steering wheel, pedals and a feeling of great speed for an all too short time.
Great for kids and team building outings.
There is an obligatory and boring safety lesson then helmets on and behind the wheel.
A steering wheel, pedals and a feeling of great speed for an all too short time.
Great for kids and team building outings.
Micro Scooter
Scooters with very small wheels ridden by kids and adults alike.
Cool looking fun and a world away from the traditional larger wheeled scooter.
That was far more practical especially for rough ground but it lacked the cool which is what it is all about.
Throw in celebs and street sport types riding one and you have a product everyone wants to own.
Cool looking fun and a world away from the traditional larger wheeled scooter.
That was far more practical especially for rough ground but it lacked the cool which is what it is all about.
Throw in celebs and street sport types riding one and you have a product everyone wants to own.
Mobility Scooter
Think young people have all the fun? Think again.
These mobility scooters are as fast as a Segway, more practical and just need some street cool adding.
The transport of the future for many of us.
What's the difference between a Tesla and a mobility scooter? About fifty thousand dollars.
These mobility scooters are as fast as a Segway, more practical and just need some street cool adding.
The transport of the future for many of us.
What's the difference between a Tesla and a mobility scooter? About fifty thousand dollars.
Penny Farthing
An early popular bicycle was the penny-farthing.
The extraordinary design was due to the lack of any gearing.
A large front wheel pedalled directly by the brave rider who sat high in the air.
The extraordinary design was due to the lack of any gearing.
A large front wheel pedalled directly by the brave rider who sat high in the air.
Rollerblading
Rollerblading is interchangeable with online skating as they are more or less the same. Think hoovering and vacuuming, where the company name becomes synonymous with the activity.
Rollerblading seems somehow cooler than inline skating, especially when you reference the film Rollerball.
Whatever you call it, travelling at speed on skates has to be fun.
Rollerblading seems somehow cooler than inline skating, especially when you reference the film Rollerball.
Whatever you call it, travelling at speed on skates has to be fun.
Quad Biking
Quad biking is an off-road four wheeled motorbike / go karting style experience.
Great to have a large estate or money enough to own one.
Alternatively hire them for a day out with a party of friends at a quad bike center.
Birthdays, team building or other reasons are great excuses to go quad biking and have some fun.
Great to have a large estate or money enough to own one.
Alternatively hire them for a day out with a party of friends at a quad bike center.
Birthdays, team building or other reasons are great excuses to go quad biking and have some fun.
Skateboard
Still going strong after many years - the skateboard is a fairly cheap way to have fun. A board, some wheels and a space to play are all you need.
Fast, slightly dangerous, and lots of tricks to learn.
Good exercise and with the added appeal of being something adults disapprove of.
Having a renaissance thanks to inclusion in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Fast, slightly dangerous, and lots of tricks to learn.
Good exercise and with the added appeal of being something adults disapprove of.
Having a renaissance thanks to inclusion in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Unicycle
For people who think two wheels are too easy - a unicycle takes cycling into a performance arts area.
Wheelchair Motocross
Not quite cycling but self-powered and with wheels - wheelchair motocross makes it possible for differently abled people to enjoy sporting physical activity.
The design shows a wheelchair owner pulling a wheelie at high speed.
The design shows a wheelchair owner pulling a wheelie at high speed.