@inproceedings{48cf2d68830242fdbd90c522bd7a9bc1,
title = "Effect of rider posture on bicycle comfort",
abstract = "Cyclists are exposed to vibration due to road roughness. The levels of vibration that the cyclists experience have a major effect on comfort and depend on the bicycle, rider and road characteristics. It is known that the posture of the cyclist has a relevant effect on the bicycle-cyclist system vibration response. Nevertheless, this effect has been scarcely quantified. This study focuses on the measurement of the effect of body posture on comfort while riding a bicycle. A laboratory methodology based on the measurement of the impulsive response of sensitive points of the bicycle was implemented to predict the comfort of cyclists on the road. The posture on the sagittal plane was verified during the tests. The methodology was implemented to predict the comfort of two cyclists riding a city bicycle in two postures: upright and bent forward. Experimental results showed that in the bent forward posture the acceleration levels had a significant increment for the handlebar stem and a non-significant increment for the seatpost.",
keywords = "Bicycle, Comfort, Posture, Vibration transmission",
author = "Alejandra Polanco and Edoardo Marconi and Luis Mu{\~n}oz and Daniel Su{\'a}rez and Alberto Doria",
note = "Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2019 ASME.; ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC-CIE 2019 ; Conference date: 18-08-2019 Through 21-08-2019",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.1115/DETC2019-97763",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference",
publisher = "American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)",
booktitle = "21st International Conference on Advanced Vehicle Technologies; 16th International Conference on Design Education",
}