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So many times you have been told to make certain movements on the bike, but not the reasons why.
Understanding why to perform certain actions helps to learn and perfect them faster.
"Why do we have to bend in a curve ?"
"Why do we risk tipping in a jump ?"
"Why is speed useful and dangerous at the same time ?"
This is the goal of "MTB dynamics": to analyze the riding technique to understand its essential physical reasons.
Thanks to the bike, the variability of the paths and the roughness, the high mobility of the body, mountain biking is a triumph of that branch of physics that studies forces, moments, speeds, accelerations and energies.
Learning the mechanisms of dynamics does not involve having to make calculations while riding: it means knowing that in a certain condition we will have to push with our legs, or pull the handlebar; know what forces to exert, what forces to expect from the bike and what parameters are involved, to which we will have to refer.
Understanding why to perform certain actions helps to learn and perfect them faster.
"Why do we have to bend in a curve ?"
"Why do we risk tipping in a jump ?"
"Why is speed useful and dangerous at the same time ?"
This is the goal of "MTB dynamics": to analyze the riding technique to understand its essential physical reasons.
Thanks to the bike, the variability of the paths and the roughness, the high mobility of the body, mountain biking is a triumph of that branch of physics that studies forces, moments, speeds, accelerations and energies.
Learning the mechanisms of dynamics does not involve having to make calculations while riding: it means knowing that in a certain condition we will have to push with our legs, or pull the handlebar; know what forces to exert, what forces to expect from the bike and what parameters are involved, to which we will have to refer.
The "Topics" section is the index of the topics addressed, which will be constantly updated.
The book is presented in the appropriate section "The science of Mountain Bike riding: the physics behind MTB skills" which contains all the topics, aimed at all MTB enthusiasts.
For any information, to suggest a topic or to simply have your say, find the contacts you can write to.
The book is presented in the appropriate section "The science of Mountain Bike riding: the physics behind MTB skills" which contains all the topics, aimed at all MTB enthusiasts.
For any information, to suggest a topic or to simply have your say, find the contacts you can write to.