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Archive Home > 2005 > August > 04 > One with your bike

One with your bike

Local laboratory uses technology to fit bikes to individuals

By Markian Hawryluk / The Bulletin
August 4, 2005

If you're feeling rather inefficient in your cycling, don't blame your bike.

Engineers from Johns Hopkins University recently found that virtually all of the force a rider exerts on the pedals is transferred to the back wheel. Bikes, it seems, are extremely efficient.

Not as much can be said for....

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