Timeline for More on Bicycle Gears
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| Jan 1, 2022 at 19:59 | comment | added | garyp | There are two good answers here (at the time of my writing) that explain what's going on. The practical limit is physiological. Add an engine and you have a motorcycle. An engine produces more force and can spin faster. The limiting factors are mechanical and electrical, of course. Parts heat up and expand, the electrical system has a limit to how fast it can operate switches and fire spark plugs, etc. | |
| Jan 1, 2022 at 16:53 | comment | added | Brett Cooper | @garyp, if the leg were indeed able to spin faster, would the pedal force be constant or increase as well leading to an increase in the bike's speed? Why wouldn't the pedal force also increase as the pedal force increases? Is there a physiological limit? What if we were talking about an engine instead? | |
| Dec 22, 2021 at 17:35 | answer | added | Wreckless | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 22, 2021 at 17:31 | answer | added | BowlOfRed | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 22, 2021 at 14:51 | comment | added | rob♦ | Two minor comments. (1) Your "related post": a link might be helpful. (2) In its current version (v2) the title of this question does not help identify what the question is. Consider an edit. | |
| Dec 22, 2021 at 14:29 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 22, 2021 at 13:19 | comment | added | ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere | Some useful concepts are Mechanical Advantage and Velocity Ratio. | |
| Dec 22, 2021 at 12:19 | comment | added | garyp | The low gear would produce higher speed if your legs could move faster. | |
| Dec 22, 2021 at 12:11 | history | asked | Brett Cooper | CC BY-SA 4.0 |