A review on bicycle dynamics and rider control

Abstract

This paper is a review study in dynamics and rider control of bicycles. The first part gives a brief overview of the modelling of the dynamics of bicycles and the experimental validation. The second part focuses on a review of modelling and measuring human rider control, together with the concepts of handling and manoeuvrability and their experimental validation. The paper concludes with the open ends and promising directions for future work in the field of handling and control of bicycles.

Keywords:

• bicycle
• dynamics
• manual control

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Andy Ruina, Andrew Dressel, Anindya Chatterjee, Atanas Popov, David Limebeer, Jason Moore, Jim Papadopoulos, Jodi Kooijman, Luke Peterson, Mont Hubbard, Pratipa Basu-Mandal, Robin Sharp, Stuart Rowell, and numerous MSc and BSc students, for their enthusiasm, contributions and guidance in this work.

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