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Used bicycles (typically 10 speed versions) are dissected and refurbished. Students explore engineering principles such as work, energy, power transmission, materials, biomechanics – things they never thought of before when they rode their bike! Bicycle Dissection Handout <PDF> Bicycle Lecture Slides Part 1 (Intro and History) <PPT> Bicycle Lecture Slides Part 2 (Biomechanics) <PPT> Bicycle Lecture Slides Part 3 (Design Issues) <PPT> Pine Grove Mills Topo Map <JPEG> Bicycle Power Calculator Bicycle Dissection Schedule: Date Activity Reading Grade Jan. 8 & Jan. 10 Video: Bicycle Evolution Session 0: Getting the Patient Ready Session 1: Brakes and Gears — BM 1, 2, & 4 BM 13 & 17 5 pts 5 pts 15 pts Jan. 15 & Jan. 17 Session 2: Shifters and Chains Session 3: Derailleur, Freewheel, and Hub Hand in journals (Sessions 0 & 1 will be graded) BM 9 & 8 BM 11, 7, & 5 — 10 pts 10 pts — Jan. 22 & Jan. 24 Session 4: Crankshaft BM 6 10 pts Jan. 29 & Jan. 31 Session 5: Reassemble and Adjust Hand in journals (Sessions 2 & 3 will be graded) Entire BM Guide — 10 pts — Feb. 5 & Feb. 7 Session 6: Wrap-up and Testing Bicycle Wiki Reports Due Hand in journals (Sessions 4-6 will be graded) — — — 5 pts 30 pts — Reading Material (copies provided in class): "A Short History of Human-Powered Vehicles", David Gordon Wilson, American Scientist, Volume 74, 1986, pp. 350-357. Bicycling Magazine's Complete Guide to Bicycle Maintenance and Repair, Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA, 1994. Richard's ultimate bicycle book, by R. Ballantine and R. Grant, Dorling Kindersley Inc., New York., 1992. Science of cycling, E. R. Burke editor, Human Kinetics, 1986. The way things work, by David Macauley, Houghton Mifflin, NY 1988.

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