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2012

Fort Hays State University

Power

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A Comparison Of Three Bicycle Pedal Types And Power Output, Brandon Kuhn May 2012

A Comparison Of Three Bicycle Pedal Types And Power Output, Brandon Kuhn

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the power output over a 30-second maximum effort bicycle sprint with three different pedal types; clipless, toe-strap, and flat. The participants for this investigation were eight (7 males and 1 female) mountain bikers with ages between 20 and 55 ( Age = 40) from the Central Kansas Mountain Bike Club. Each participant was required to provide his or her own bicycle and the researchers provided the training stand, Saris CycleOps PowerTap rear wheel, and Garmin Edge 500 cycling computer used for data collection. Testing procedure consisted of a warmup, 30- second maximal …