Stability and manoeuvrability performance of different types of bicycles : a literature survey and experimental study.

Author(s)
Arnberg, P.W. & Tyden, T.
Year
Abstract

The report consists of two parts: a survey of earlier investigations concerning bicycles characterized by extreme handlebars and small wheel diameters and an experiment with 18 twelve-year-old boys in which six different bicycles were evaluated in regard to their manoeuvrability and stability performance. The results from the experiment showed that bicycles with extreme handlebars gave a worse manoeuvrability performance than bicycles with standard handlebars, affecting both the time expenditure and the number of errors which were committed. The modern rodeo bicycle caused approximately 50% more errors than either of the other bicycle models.

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Library number
B 5490 S /91/ 5 Exp.
Source

Stockholm, National Swedish Road and Traffic Institute, 1974, 42 p., fig., graph., tab., ref. Report No. 45 A.

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