About This Book
The author surveys the technical and historical development of human-powered wheeled vehicles, combining practical guidance, mechanical analysis, and patent history. Chapters analyze power transmission, kinematics, balancing and hill-climbing, suspension, springs and anti-vibration forks, saddles and health, gearing, rear-driving safety machines and their handling, tandems and ladies' machines, materials and workmanship, cranks, spokes, and antifriction bearings, and the use of aluminum. Discussions include performance curves, concussion, and momentum, wartime and steam/electric considerations, and a long appendix of patent briefs and extracts illustrating invention and design evolution. The tone alternates between mathematical explanation and popular commentary for an informed cycling readership.
About the Author
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