
Sunday March 9th, 12:00 PM
Seminar room: 123 (Atrium Level)
Presented by Bob Rose
Is there a meaningful ‘power penalty’ associated with a more flexible frame? After quantifying such power penalty (i.e., Watts of power loss) we will body slam “vertically compliant, laterally stiff” once and for all, then take a deep dive into frame stiffness and ride quality based on the data of Heine & Rossman, 2011, Bicycling Quarterly.