What calvary units used bikes during world war 1?

Answer 1

There was a regiment in England called the Cyclist Corps. The Canadian also had a Cyclist Corps. There were infantry and not really cavalry. Also, in WW2 the Germans used cycles. As the Allied air forces began to take control of the skies, the Luftwaffe personel were armed as infantry and designated as Luftwaffe Field Divisions. There were a total of 21 Luftwaffe Field Divisions organized and Hitler personally requested that the 20 Luftwaffe Field Division be a mobile unit. Since trucks were not available, the division formed into bicycle ("radfahr") regiments and the artillery regiments were fully mobilized. Quoting from the history of the US 36th Infantry Division: "The 1st Battalion of the 142nd Regiment had run into one of the most curious combat units ever devised. This enemy force consisted of 3 depleted companies of the 39th Grenadier Regiment of the 20th Luftwaffe Division-200 air force ground troops without artillery, mortar or anti-tank support, but equipped with bicycles, lots of bicycles. The men had left Denmark only ten days earlier and had been give the mission of preparing this ground for defense but had barely completed a reconnaissance. They were easily overrun.

"The division engineer was led to comment on this incident:

''We captured the town of Bracciano on the 7th and overran the 20th Bicycle Regt the next day. Now my men are throwing away their pieces of armor picked up in Movie Studios south of Rome and replacing them with bicycles'."