Bicycle Societal Issue - Revision history

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 ==References==
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	===A Personal Bike Story===		===A Personal Bike Story===

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		+	The profession of improving bicycle designs has altered the course of transportation toward where we are today. The modern technology of today's motorized vehicles stemmed from the the initial technology used for designing bicycles. The quadricycle, the first internal-combustion powered vehicle, and motorcycles are clear evidence of bicycle's influence on the development of today's vehicles.
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 The full article can be found here: http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2013/feb/03/many-of-those-who-profited-from-lance-armstrongs/?CID=happeningnow
-Team: Doug DiFalco, Hudson Rees, Megan B, Lauren M, Brittany M,
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 ==Societal Impact of the Bicycle in Colombia==

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 ==Bicycles and the Women's Emancipation Movement==
-Believe it or not, the advent of bicycles actually helped lead to the emancipation of women from the strict gender roles of old. This was caused by a combination of effects, such as the fact that they allowed women to travel greater distances under their own power (i.e. without male assistance). An example of the movement towards women liberty can be seen in a well-known country: Iran! Iran or Saudi Arabia or any Islamic country in general prohibit the females from exposing specific parts of the body such as the hair, the legs, and the arms. Iran, however, at the very beginning of the twenty first century, invented a bicycle that has a cabin which conceals those parts. Not only that, they produced a movie called The Day I Became a Woman that depicts a woman who chooses to be a cyclist although her husband threatened her by divorce. Another effect was that bicycles were a primary catalyst for the "rational dress" movement, which fought "against the introduction of any fashion in dress that either deforms the figure, impedes the movement of the body, or in any way tends to injure the health", such as tight corsets and similar articles of clothing. [http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG02/hendrick/women.html]
+Believe it or not, the advent of bicycles actually helped lead to the emancipation of women from the strict gender roles of old. This was caused by a combination of effects, such as the fact that they allowed women to travel greater distances under their own power (i.e. without male assistance). An example of the movement towards women liberty can be seen in a well-known country: Iran! Iran or Saudi Arabia or any Islamic country in general prohibit the females from exposing specific parts of the body such as the hair, the legs, and the arms. Iran, however, at the very beginning of the twenty first century, invented a bicycle that has a cabin which conceals those parts. A picture of such bike can be found on the following url http://s9.postimage.org/rkihtu8pb/wsb_700x268_Mode_combo.jpg. Not only that, they produced a movie called The Day I Became a Woman that depicts a woman who chooses to be a cyclist although her husband threatened her by divorce. Another effect was that bicycles were a primary catalyst for the "rational dress" movement, which fought "against the introduction of any fashion in dress that either deforms the figure, impedes the movement of the body, or in any way tends to injure the health", such as tight corsets and similar articles of clothing. [http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG02/hendrick/women.html]
 [http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/?verb=sr&csi=8213&sr=HLEAD(%27Islamic+bicycle%27+can%27t+slow+Iranian+women)+and+date+is+June+29%2C+2007]
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 '''Armstrong's Admission'''
-For years, Lance Armstrong denied allegations of doping.  In June 2012, United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) charged Armstrong with having used peformance-enhancing drugs (PEDs).  On August 24, 2012 it announced a lifetime ban from competition in all sports.  Armstrong chose not to appeal the decision. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Armstrong#US_Postal.2FDiscovery:_1998.E2.80.932005]
+For years, Lance Armstrong denied allegations of doping.  In June 2012, United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) charged Armstrong with having used peformance-enhancing drugs (PEDs).  On August 24, 2012 it announced a lifetime ban from competition in all sports.  Armstrong chose not to appeal the decision. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Armstrong#US_Postal.2FDiscovery:_1998.E2.80.932005] After the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency issued its 1,000-page report on Armstrong's cheating in October 2012, sponsors dropped Armstrong.  The cyclist told Oprah Winfrey that the lost sponsors cost him $75 million of income in one day.
-After the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency issued its 1,000-page report on Armstrong's cheating in October 2012, sponsors dropped Armstrong.  The cyclist told Oprah Winfrey that the lost sponsors cost him $75 million of income in one day.  How deeply the truth will hurt the businesses and careers nurtured by Armstrong's fame is beginning to come into focus.  While the cycling boom over the past decade is likely to continue, products directly tied to Armstrong are on closeout.  Cycling tours of Europe are suffering, and prospects for ratings and advertising gains on televised cycling races look slim, buyers say.
+How deeply the truth will hurt the businesses and careers nurtured by Armstrong's fame is beginning to come into focus.  While the cycling boom over the past decade is likely to continue, products directly tied to Armstrong are on closeout.  Cycling tours of Europe are suffering, and prospects for ratings and advertising gains on televised cycling races look slim, buyers say.  "The sport continues to lose a significant portion of the limited credibility it has," said Greg Janetos, a former currency and carbon-credit trader in Mill Valley, Calif., who rides his $3,000 bike more than 100 miles a week. "You have to start from the assumption that the field is juicing."  [http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2013/feb/03/many-of-those-who-profited-from-lance-armstrongs/?CID=happeningnow] With Armstrong's admission still fresh in people's mind, the effect on the bicycle industry is hard to predict.  Armstrong was an American hero, an inspiration and role model to many so it is hard to imagine the bicycle industry not taking a hit after its lone superstar fell from grace.
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 "The sport continues to lose a significant portion of the limited credibility it has," said Greg Janetos, a former currency and carbon-credit trader in Mill Valley, Calif., who rides his $3,000 bike more than 100 miles a week. "You have to start from the assumption that the field is juicing."  [http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2013/feb/03/many-of-those-who-profited-from-lance-armstrongs/?CID=happeningnow] With Armstrong's admission still fresh in people's mind, the effect on the bicycle industry is hard to predict.  Armstrong was an American hero, an inspiration and role model to many so it is hard to imagine the bicycle industry not taking a hit after its lone superstar fell from grace.