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Research ideas for the TU Delft Bicycle Laboratorium
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What speed do you decide to put your foot down on a bicycle? #44

Closed moorepants closed 1 month ago

moorepants commented 3 years ago

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Each person decides to remove their foot from the pedal and try to place it on the ground when they are going to fall (going too slow or a more distinct fall). Measuring when and why a person removes their foot from the pedal is a good indicator of the person's intuitive understanding that they need help with balance. Would be nice to quantify and understand this.

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moorepants commented 1 month ago

In this thesis we did some measurements and have an answer:

Dense cycling conditions The influence of stopped cyclists on the flow of bicycle traffic Delft University of Technology Mirco Hogetoorn

https://www.victorknoop.eu/research/theses/2022_hogetoorn.pdf

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Answer there was about 2.1 km/h.