This study analyzed the challenges and benefits of identification promotion a long-distance cycleway in high mountain areas with aim promoting Alpine eco- geo-tourism. We also investigated role e-biking discovering local geodiversity geoheritage sustainable way. In particular, we focused on path from Bormio to Forni Glacier (Upper Valtellina, Italy), within framework “E-bike” Interreg project. ...

Space for recreation is an important service provided by forests close to urban and rural areas alike. Mountain biking, as one recreational activity, increasingly becoming widespread, which can lead challenging trade-off situations, some benefits from come at the cost of another forest benefit vice versa. For instance, illegally constructed mountain bike trails trade-offs between environmental ...

Half of all Americans participated in outdoor recreation activities during 2013, of which 16% or 46.6 million (older than 6 yrs) take part in cycling (Road, Mountain bike, or BMX). Excursions totalled at 2.7 billion and ranked it 2nd for number of outings (887.9 million) for ages 6-17 yrs [1]. This presents a positive picture in regards to health promotion, yet there are concerns regarding bone...

PURPOSE Given the paucity of research on pacing strategies during competitive events, this study examined changes in dynamic high-resolution performance parameters to analyze pacing profiles during a multiple-lap mountain-bike race over variable terrain. METHODS A global-positioning-system (GPS) unit (Garmin, Edge 305, USA) recorded velocity (m/s), distance (m), elevation (m), and heart rate ...

Firms that manufacture products and services have an incentive to develop innovations that appeal as strongly as possible to as wide a customer base as possible in order to enhance their innovation-related profits. Research into the incentives operating on user-innovators, however, leads us to hypothesize that this category of innovators will display a very different pattern. Prior research has...

Walking and biking to school can be an important part of a healthy lifestyle, yet most US children do not start their day with these activities. The Safe Routes to School Program in Marin County, California, is working to promote walking and biking to school. Using a multipronged approach, the program identifies and creates safe routes to schools and invites communitywide involvement. By its se...

The purpose of our study was to investigate the effects of video gaming, aerobic exercise (biking), and the combination of these two activities on the domains of cognitive performance: selective attention, processing speed, and executive functioning. The study was a randomized clinical trial with 40 subjects (mean age 23.7 ± 1.8 years) randomized to one of four thirty-minute conditions: video g...

The purpose of this case study was to present the effectiveness physiotherapeutic treatment based on manual orthopedic techniques in an amateur athlete with costochondritis due physical strenuous exercise. A 31 years old experienced, well-trained, endurance presented chest pain suggesting after and kinetic examination. Patient reported effort last two weeks (combination mountain biking, route c...

Policymakers in many countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia, have introduced programs to increase walking and biking to school through education, encouragement, and infrastructure improvements. The U.S. government has allocated over $1.1 billion to the federal Safe Routes to School program since 2005. However, there are few evaluations of the Safe Routes to School...