Bike Racing: Fast Fun &


                     Physics?

• A Perfect Machine
  
• The Rider
  
• The Environment
  
• Tactics
• Bibliography
  

Bike Racing:

Wild descents, horrific crashes, passion, and raw pain define the sport of bike racing. The men and Women that are pro cyclists pour their entire being in to race they love. Over the last 200 years bikes were invented, developed, and honed into what are now masterful racing machines.
Through four distinct sections this web page will show how the first bike made its transformation into the carbon space age bike of pro cycling. It was tell how the understanding of basic physics played a role in every part of the bike design and make. Furthermore, the site will weave basic physics principals into every aspect of bike racing.