Speeds of Child Cyclists Exponent Incorporated

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Crump, Caroline, author.

Contributor:

Bui, Young

Conference Name:

WCX SAE World Congress Experience (2019-04-09 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource cm

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2019

Summary:

Many published studies have characterized walking and running speeds of young children. However, there is a paucity of data on the cycling speeds of very young children (4 to 5 years old). The purpose of this study was to obtain an estimate of cycling speed for boys and girls both who are learning to ride bicycles (id est, younger children who still ride with training wheels) and who have already learned to ride bicycles (id est, slightly older children who no longer use training wheels). A sample of 32 child riders (17 boys, 15 girls; 17 four-year-olds who still ride with training wheels, 15 five-year-olds who do not) were asked to ride a short pre-defined distance at their usual speed when riding, and again at their highest speed. We found that while age and experience can differentiate riders, there were only small differences between boys' and girls' speeds in either age group. These descriptive results can be used in various applications from traffic engineering to accident reconstruction

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Publisher Number:

2019-01-0419

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license