Design of Bicycle Handle using Ergonomic Aspects A Review

  Pradeep M. Ingole,  Dr. Nilesh S. Pohokar,  Dr. Atul B. Borade

The name is also called a bike of rural people. Bicycles have evolved significantly over the past decades in pace with technological advancement. However the comfort of cyclists has not much attempted in many designs. Although ample research has been reported on comfort for other means of transportation, cyclist’s perception of comfort has received scant attention in the scientific literature. This paper discusses the ergonomic aspects that can be incorporated in the design of a bicycle handle. The first step is to determine which factors contribute to comfort when riding a bicycle which results in human performance and fatigue. It has been found out by means of a survey with enthusiast cyclists that comfort is influenced by factors related to the cyclist (driver position, handle adjustments, body parts). This paper classified into three parts, in the first part the ergonomic aspects of bicycle handle, in second the factors responsible for fatigue and in the third analysis for the comfort positions. The most of the researchers presents there work in change seating position whereas this work focuses on the comfort position of bicycle handles.

Keywords- Bicycle, Ergonomic study, comfort positions, Fatique.

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1802044
Page Number(s) - 248-257
Pubished in - Volume 6 | Issue 2 | April 2018
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) -   
Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Pradeep M. Ingole,  Dr. Nilesh S. Pohokar,  Dr. Atul B. Borade,   "Design of Bicycle Handle using Ergonomic Aspects A Review", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.6, Issue 2, pp.248-257, April 2018, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1802044.pdf