Bicycling science / David Gordon Wilson ; with contributions by Jim Papadopoulos.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2004.Edition: 3rd edDescription: viii, 477 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 0262232375 (alk. paper)
- 0262731541 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- TL410 .W546 2004
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Rev. ed. of: Bicycling science / Frank Rowland Whitt. 2nd ed. c1982.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A short history of bicycling -- Human power generation -- Thermal effects on power production (how bicyclists keep cool) -- Power and speed -- Bicycle aerodynamics -- Rolling : tires and bearings -- Braking -- Steering and balancing -- Mechanics and mechanisms : power transmission -- Materials and stresses -- Unusual human-powered machines -- Human-powered vehicles in the future.
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