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The Exploratorium in San Francisco answers questions about cycling.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/cycling/
Discussion of bicycle crank length, pedalling technique, chainring shapes and position on the bike with many references to scientific studies.
http://www.cranklength.info/
Calculates the correct spoke length for any combination of spoke and rim.
http://www.geocities.com/d_halem/wheel/wheel.html
Article about determining the optimal cadence from Cycling Science
http://www.bsn.com/Cycling/articles/cadence.html
Whole lotta gearing going on. Personal home page of a gearing tekkie. Useful lists, large-scale charts and graphs and good explanations.
http://www.geocities.com/Silicon...alley/Port/2945/Gears/Gears.html
Provides technical methods for evaluating and estimating cycling performance and parameters.
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Analytic Cycling, Interactive Methods for Estimating Eycling Performance Parameters. Tom Compton Viewing this page requires a browser capable of displaying frames. Analytic Cycling provides interactive methods for estimating cycling performance parameters. air density,acceleration,bicycle,racing,bicycling,biomechanical,cadence,climbing,coaching,coefficients,crank,criterium,cycling,cyclocross,draft,drag,force,formulas,gears,hills,hill,inertia,kilo,model,momentum,muscle,pedal,pedaling,peloton,performance,plot,power,pursuit,quantify,race,riding,slope,speed,saddle,sprint,strength,shin,thigh,track,training,triathlon,velo,velocity,velodrome,weight,wheel,wheels,compton...