There is no apparent reason for so weak adhesion, this in spite of at weekends to be normal to see great groups of cicloturistas and apprentices of BTT. As a matter of fact, any proof of cicloturismo joins, normally, more than two thousands of participants.
The profile of a great deal of our cities also is not impeditive of the use of the bicycle in the dislocations house / work. “The technique there is much that resolved these problems. Up to the least bicycles you were already unfolding three have speed in the cube and they win any rise. Besides there are already many people who takes them in the baggage car of the car. They park where there will be place and go for the bicycle job”, it underlines José Caetano, president of the Portuguese Federation of Cicloturismo and Users of the Bicycles (FPCUB). Até as mais pequenas bicicletas desdobráveis já têm três velocidade no cubo e vencem qualquer subida. Além de que já há muita gente que as leva na bagageira do carro. Estacionam onde houver lugar e vão para o emprego de bicicleta”, sublinha José Caetano, presidente da Federação Portuguesa de Cicloturismo e Utilizadores da Bicicletas (FPCUB).
José Caetano finds other explanations in order that we find ourselves in the tail of Europe what concerns the daily use of the bicycle. Whose principal gives for the name of Code of the Road (YOU). The bicycle, says the president of the FPCUB, “there is not to be faced like a transport way” and YOU “it is a great obstacle to the one who wants to use the bicycle”, vehicle that hardly ever has priority. A bicicleta, diz o presidente da FPCUB, “não está ser encarada como um modo de transporte” e o CE “é um grande obstáculo a quem quer usar a bicicleta”, veículo que quase nunca tem prioridade.
“It seems that we still do not realize what it is happening with the price of the fuels. I think that, even for economical reasons, more late or more early we will opt for the bicycle”, it tells José Caetano.
For Ana Pereira, of “Scenes to pedal”, an enterprise that devotes itself to the marketing, online, of bicycles and accessories, the Code of Road, is the main "enemy" of two wheels.
“It is the question of the priority, which damages enough and, also, the obligatoriness to us of we circulate through the cycle lanes or belt cicláveis, what very often are not in the best conditions. On the other side, they increase the number of crossroads”, it tells Ana Pereira.
There are, effectively, specialists in mobility who point to several negative aspects to the cycle lanes, like the increase of the crossroads, that is where they take place 95 % of the accidents with cyclists. On the other side, the sketch of the cities makes difficult the introduction of cycle lanes and creates a relationship conflituoso with the pedestrians.
Controversial and statistical to the part, right the fact is that the leisure cycling has been increasing in the supported form, without being improper to think that a great deal of the apprentices if they will be able to pay easily to the benefits of the bicycles like daily means of transport.
Jorge Mário, of the CicloCoimbrões, pointed out that the great fashion there are the bicycles you were unfolding. “They get involved in the suitcase of the car and can be used in any height. The prices vary between the 190 and 380 euros [picture from aluminum]. What keeps on being sold well there are the most expensive bicycles, for BTT and other kinds, like the BMX, that cost more than six thousand euros”, it tells Jorge Mário. For the turns of the city 300 euros arrive. Os preços variam entre os 190 e os 380 euros [quadro de alumínio]. O que continua a vender-se bem são as bicicletas mais caras, para BTT e outras modalidades, como a BMX, que custam mais de seis mil euros”, refere Jorge Mário. Para as voltas da cidade chegam 300 euros.
Has been money and only he lack to will, follow the example of José Caetano: "When I had the "crisis" of the 40 I stopped smoking and drinking and beginning to ride a bike. Today, with 65 years, I feel with more health and energy of what when he was 30 years old”.
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