bicycle drive train design
bicycle drive train design
(OP)
I am looking specifications for a typical bicycle drive train mechanism (pedals/sprockets/chain/gears). I would like to know the range forces generated by the user required to propel a bicycle forward under various riding conditions. Also, gear ratios are of interest.
If anybody has reference information on this issue please let me know.
Thanks
Udo
If anybody has reference information on this issue please let me know.
Thanks
Udo





RE: bicycle drive train design
Ron
RE: bicycle drive train design
Thanks for the post. I am curious on this subject as well. BTW, here is the full information on the book:
Bicycling Science
Frank R. Whitt, Foreword by James C. McCullagh
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Mit Pr (08/01/1982)
ISBN: 026273060X
List Price: $21.95
Book notes:
• 'The human being used as an engine may not be the way you look at a bicycle, but that's how nature looks at it. This exceptional book analyzes, compares and judges the measurable aspects of people-power and the bicycle being ridden.
1982! I realize the fundamentals will not have changed, but is a more contemporary text available to highlight modern advances in cycling sciences?
Best regards,
Matthew Ian Loew
RE: bicycle drive train design
Have you considered some of the online newsgroups like rec.bicycles.tech or alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent? That and websites like Sheldon Brown's or IHPVA's are about the best sources now.
Ron