Bicycling Science, Second Edition

Frank Rowland Whitt; David Gordon Wilson

ISBN 10: 0262231115 / ISBN 13: 9780262231114

Published by Mit Pr, 1982

About this Item

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.

Seller Inventory # G0262231115I4N00

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bicycling Science, Second Edition
• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262231115
• ISBN 13: 9780262231114
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

The second edition of Bicycling Science includes new information on recent achievements and experiments in human-powered transportation, from the "ultimate human-powered vehicle" (UHPV) in which supine riders can achieve speeds well over 60 mph, to human-powered aircraft, boats, and rail transportation. New chapters cover the history of bicycle and humanpower technology and science, and the speed-power relationships of various modes and vehicles including performance predictions for the UHPV and the "commuter human-powered vehicle." The chapters on braking, steering, friction, air drag, rider cooling, and transmissions and gearing have all been enlarged and updated. James McCullagh, editor of Bicycling Magazine has written a Foreword for this edition which also includes many new illustrations.

Review

"The human being used as an engine may not be the way you look at a bicycle, but that's how nature looks at it. This exceptional book analyzes, compares and judges the measurable aspects of people-power and the bicycle being ridden .... Happily, [the authors) haven't hidden the findings in a mass of jargon. The chapter on bicycle physics will get most readers to a useful level of understanding. The chapter on people-powered devices other than bicycles is fascinating."- J. Baldwin, "The CoEvolution Quarterly"