@article{ref1,
title="The influence of tyre characteristics on measures of rolling performance during cross-country mountain biking",
journal="Journal of sports sciences",
year="2015",
author="Macdermid, Paul William and Fink, Philip W. and Stannard, Stephen R.",
volume="33",
number="3",
pages="277-285",
abstract="This investigation sets out to assess the effect of five different models of mountain bike tyre on rolling performance over hard-pack mud. Independent characteristics included total weight, volume, tread surface area and tread depth. One male cyclist performed multiple (30) trials of a deceleration field test to assess reliability. Further tests performed on a separate occasion included multiple (15) trials of the deceleration test and six fixed power output hill climb tests for each tyre. The deceleration test proved to be reliable as a means of assessing rolling performance via differences in initial and final speed (coefficient of variation (CV)=4.52%). Overall differences between tyre performance for both deceleration test (P=0.014) and hill climb (P=0.032) were found, enabling significant (PP=0.049) models to be generated, allowing tyre performance prediction based on tyre characteristics. The ideal tyre for rolling and climbing performance on hard-pack surfaces would be to decrease tyre weight by way of reductions in tread surface area and tread depth while keeping volume high.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0264-0414",
doi="10.1080/02640414.2014.942682",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2014.942682"
}