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Toño Bicicleta. Francisco Antonio García López (July 19, 1943 – November 29, 1995), also known as Toño Bicicleta (literally, "Tony Bicycle" in English ), was a Puerto Rican criminal who gained notoriety for escaping from prison several times. García López managed to become part of Puerto Rican folklore and the object of constant ...
A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A bicycle rider is called a cyclist, or bicyclist. Bicycles were introduced in the 19th century in Europe.
The Lisbon Metropolitan Area ( Portuguese: Área Metropolitana de Lisboa; abbreviated as AML) is a metropolitan area in Portugal centered on Lisbon, the capital and largest city of the country. The metropolitan area, covering 18 municipalities is the largest urban area in the country and the 10th largest in the European Union, with a population ...
Bistrița ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈbistrit͡sa] ⓘ; also known as Bistrița Vâlceană) is a right tributary of the river Olt in Romania. [1] [2] It discharges into the Olt near Băbeni. [3] It starts in the Căpățânii Mountains, forming one of the narrowest gorges in Romania in addition to some beautiful caves.
Road bicycle. An aluminum road bicycle made by Raleigh and built using Shimano components. It uses wheels with a low spoke count for reduced air drag. The steel frame racing bicycle by the Italian company Bianchi used by Fausto Coppi to win the 1949 Milan–San Remo race. The term road bicycle is used to describe bicycles built for traveling at ...
Lisbon Baixa. The Baixa ("Downtown"), also known as the Baixa Pombalina ( IPA: [ˈbajʃɐ põbɐˈlinɐ]; "Pombaline Downtown"), is a neighborhood in the historic center of Lisbon, Portugal. It consists of the grid of streets north of the Praça do Comércio, roughly between the Cais do Sodré and the Alfama district beneath the Lisbon Castle ...
Bicycle-sharing system. A bicycle-sharing system, bike share program, [1] public bicycle scheme, [2] or public bike share ( PBS) scheme, [3] is a shared transport service where bicycles are available for shared use by individuals at low cost.
Lisbon ( / ˈlɪzbən /; Portuguese: Lisboa [liʒˈβoɐ] ⓘ) [3] is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 548,703 as of 2022 within its administrative limits [4] and 2,871,133 within the metropolis. [5]