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Bicycling Science - Ergonomics and Mechanics , (Ergonomie et mécanique de la bicyclette et physique du vélo, texte en anglais)
The MIT Press, Cambridge Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1980 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's grey wrappers, illustrated by a yellow bicycle In-8 1 vol. - 260 pages
numerous black and white illustrations, figures and photographies 5th printing, 1980 Contents, Chapitres : Contents, Foreword, Acknowledgments, xiii, Text, 247 pages - 1. Human power : Power needed for land locomotion - Human power generation - How bicyclists keep cool - Man-powered machinery and the bicycle - 2. Some bicycle physics : Wind resistance - The wheel and its rolling resistance - Resistances to motion due to mechanical friction - Braking of bicycles - Bicycle balancing and steering - Materials of construction for bicycles - 3. Other human-powered machines : Unusual pedaled machines - Man-powered vehicles in the future - Appendix : Some bicycle calculations - Index near fine copy, no markings except the name of the former owner on the bottom of the inside part of the front-wrapper, inside is clean and tight, it remains a near fine copy
