Bicycle crank length.

Author(s)
Gross, V.J. & Bennett, C.A.
Year
Abstract

An experiment was conducted varying bicycle crank length as a ratio of cyclist's crotch height over a range from 0.17 to 0.23. Heart rate, oxygen consumption and perceived exertion measures were taken. All measures showed the superiority of a crank length of about 0.20 of crotch height. The standard crank is too long for 60% of adult males and almost 100% of females.

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Library number
B 12492 (In: B 12476) /83.2/91.1/
Source

In: Proceedings of the 6th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and Technical Program of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors Society, University of Maryland, July 1976, p. 415-421, 1 tab., 26 ref.

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