TY - JOUR
AU - Lejeune, Thierry
AB - Bicycle suspension systems have been designed to improve bicycle comfort and handling by dissipating terrain-induced energy. However, they may also dissipate the cyclist’s energy through small oscillatory movements, often termed ‘bobbing’, that are generated by the pedalling movements. This phenomenon is a major concern for competitive cyclists engaged in events where most of the time is spent climbing, e.g. off-road cross-country races. An acceptable method to assess the overall efficacy of suspension systems would be to evaluate energy consumed by cyclists using different types of suspension systems. It could be assumed that any system that reduces metabolic expenditure for the cyclist would automatically lead to performance improvement. Unfortunately, only a limited number of studies have been conducted on that subject. Moreover, the conclusions that can be drawn from most of them are limited due to unsatisfactory statistical power, experimental protocols, measuring techniques and equipment.
TI - Bicycle Shock Absorption Systems and Energy Expended by the Cyclist
JF - Sports Medicine
DO - 10.2165/00007256-200434020-00001
DA - 2012-09-23
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/bicycle-shock-absorption-systems-and-energy-expended-by-the-cyclist-Sdi0d1mIDb
SP - 71
EP - 80
VL - 34
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -