Travelling by bicycle

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Types of bicycle


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a bicycle ein Fahrrad ‘I’ve just bought a new bicycle so that I can cycle from London to Paris.’

Also ‘a bike’

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a mountain bike ein Mountainbike ‘I’ve just bought a new mountain bike, so I’ll probably take it with me on holiday.’

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a racing bike ein Rennrad ‘I’m taking part in a cycle race at the weekend, so I’ve just bought a new racing bike.’

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a bicycle
ein Fahrrad
‘I’ve just bought a new bicycle so that I can cycle from London to Paris.’

Also ‘a bike’

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a mountain bike
ein Mountainbike
‘I’ve just bought a new mountain bike, so I’ll probably take it with me on holiday.’

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a racing bike
ein Rennrad
‘I’m taking part in a cycle race at the weekend, so I’ve just bought a new racing bike.’

Travelling by bicycle


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to brake bremsen ‘Make sure you brake early when approaching the bend.’

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to change gear den Gang wechseln ‘Pull the lever to change gear.’

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to pedal in die Pedale treten ‘We had to pedal quite hard to get up the hill.’

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to ride a bicycle ein Fahrrad fahren ‘I’ve never learnt to ride a bicycle.’

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to steer lenken ‘It's quite difficult to steer my bicycle.’

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to brake
bremsen
‘Make sure you brake early when approaching the bend.’

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to change gear
den Gang wechseln
‘Pull the lever to change gear.’

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to pedal
in die Pedale treten
‘We had to pedal quite hard to get up the hill.’

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to ride a bicycle
ein Fahrrad fahren
‘I’ve never learnt to ride a bicycle.’

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to steer
lenken
‘It's quite difficult to steer my bicycle.’

Problems


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to fall off a bicycle vom Fahrrad fallen ‘I fell off my bicycle and had to walk the rest of the way.’

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to have a flat tyre einen platten Reifen haben ‘I was delayed on the way here as I had a flat tyre.’

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to have a puncture eine Reifenpanne haben ‘I rode over a nail and now I have a puncture.’

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to fall off a bicycle
vom Fahrrad fallen
‘I fell off my bicycle and had to walk the rest of the way.’

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to have a flat tyre
einen platten Reifen haben
‘I was delayed on the way here as I had a flat tyre.’

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to have a puncture
eine Reifenpanne haben
‘I rode over a nail and now I have a puncture.’



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