Suggested Citation:
Gilboa, Roy, Anastasia Kubicki, Anthony Toribio, Mont Hubbard, Jason Moore (2019)

Practical Realization of a Theoretical Optimal-Handling Bicycle

Although conventional bicycles have evolved into the familiar fundamental design, there may exist bicycle designs that handle better when performing lateral maneuvers. Prior studies have provided evidence that optimizing for handling by varying trail, wheelbase, steer axis tilt, front wheel radius, and front wheel inertia can produce such bicycle designs. The present research goal is to practically realize and fabricate one of these theoretically optimal bicycle designs and evaluate whether it does in fact have better lateral handling qualities than a traditional bicycle. To this end, a theoretically optimal bike design was designed and fabricated based on the parameters of a track bicycle. The bicycle exhibits exceptional handling in simulation and the fabricated bicycle is rideable. Future work will subjectively and objectively evaluate the handling of the bicycle.