Cycling

Starting Friday, the Lovers' Bridge in the center of Bulgaria's capital Sofia is hosting an exhibition of posters showing images of the Netherlands and its bikes.

The volume of Bulgaria's exports of bicycles increased by more than a fifth between 2013 and 2014 to almost 819,000 units, maintaining an upward trend, Bike Europe trade journal reported on Monday.

The total value of Bulgarian bike exports also increased, exceeding EUR 108 M in 2014, or about 32% more than a year earlier, according to an article posted on bike-eu.com.

Turkey's first regulations on bicycle lanes and parking spots made the news last week. This raised more than a few eyebrows in a country where it's not uncommon to see parked cars on pavements leaving no room for pedestrians, or aggressive car traffic making its own rules.

Turkey's Environment and Urban Planning Ministry has issued a bylaw to ensure safe cycling in intra-city traffic by regulating the construction of bicycle roads and stations. 

The regulation on the design and construction of bicycle roads, stations and parking lots entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette on Nov. 3. 

Izmir's women bring grace and style to everything they do, including public demonstrations zmir's women like to boast that they bring grace and style to everything they do, including public demonstrations. That is probably why "Chic Women's Bicycle Tour," participated by some five hundred women, may well be the most ornamented demonstration in the country.

Hundreds of women have taken to the streets on bicycles in multiple events in western and southern Turkey to raise awareness of sustainable transportation methods, as Sept. 20 marked "The World Cities without Cars Day."

The number of cyclists in Sofia has gone up by around 140% over the past three years, according to data of the VeloEvolution Association.

The number of people using a bike as a primary means of getting to and from school or work has increased substantially, according to the cyclists network, as cited by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency.

It doesn’t matter of you are riding a trail bike. Just make sure to steer clear of this angry ram! You have been warned!

A 76-year-old man has cycled more than 1,000 kilometers from the Aegean province of ?zmir to see his grandson who is serving in the military in the Black Sea province of Ordu.

Nureddin Gönülal, 76, cycled 1,054 kilometers from ?zmir's Ödemi? district to Ordu's Ünye district, where his grandson Saadettin Sevin, 21, is doing his military service.

A car was blocking a bicycle lane. So what better thing to do than simply pick the car up, move it aside, get on your bike again and go on your merry way.