The UCI mountain bike world cup wrapped up in Mont Saint Anne this past weekend in a nail biting, bike smashing, classic Canadian finale.
SERG recently measured the stiffness of mountain bike hubs to assist a local manufacturer.
From Metrics to Medals: How Data Propelled Great Britain Cycling Team to World Championship Glory
The recent Cycling World Championships in Glasgow saw the home nation Great Britain collect a competition-high 100 medals across all 13 disciplines. While the plaudits deservedly go to the exceptional athletes, such as the Women’s Team Pursuit squad who won gold by over four seconds, it is worth recognising the key role that data played […]
From Structural to Cycling Sports Engineering – The PhD Journey of Dr Louise Burnie.
Dr Louise Burnie completed her PhD with the Sports Engineering Research Group at Sheffield Hallam University and the Great Britain Cycling team May 2015 – March 2020, titled ‘The effects of strength training on intermuscular coordination during maximal cycling’. Since she has gone on to work as a Research Assistant at Swansea University and Senior […]
Tour de France: Explore the stats
I’ve been a fan of the Tour de France for many years. I’ve always been a keen cyclist but as a mountain biker the tactical and physical magnificence of the Grand Tours had always eluded me. It wasn’t until British Cycling’s wave of success swept the nation along that I began to take an interest […]
Cycling’s a drag, but it doesn’t have to be
After a regrettably lengthy hiatus from the blog, this article was inspired by the excellent aerodynamics segments of the ITV’s tour de France coverage (in collaboration with Southampton University). Cycling aerodynamics in the 1980’s A few years ago my colleague Dr Richard Lukes wrote a review paper titled “The understanding and development of cycling aerodynamics” […]
Top 5 Olympic sports that have been influenced by technology: No 1
Number 1: Cycling – Computational modelling of bike design Our final post in this series looks at a technological influence that isn’t focussed so much on the big gains, but more on fine tuning the small details to make a winning difference. As said many times during the Olympics, cycling is all about finding marginal […]
How can we cycle faster?
At the museum we have a great exhibit with two racing bikes along a simulated course; this has sparked a range of questions on the topic of cycling, from the physics of riding a bike to the most popular question; how can we cycle faster? How do we master the art of balancing on two […]
The heat is on for cyclists in the London velodrome
The velodrome which will host the track cycling events at the 2012 Olympics in London is now open. The facility is the first to open in the Olympic village and has been given the title of the ‘best in the World’. When a country hosts a major sports event, such as the Olympics, they want to […]
Engineering Sport 