Abstract
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has promulgated a safety standard for bicycle braking systems based on the stopping distances achieved in road tests under specified conditions. This report presents an error analysis of the test method, for the Commission's use in justifying or modifying the test criteria. The error analysis is based on experimental data, for the most part, and on theoretical principles where sufficient data are lacking. The Theory, a kinetic analysis of the bicycle braking process, is included in intended to quantify important aspects of bicycle braking performance.