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Where is the power dispersed? Typically bike frames are made of elastic materials which return the power that was injected through the deformation. If the power
by rhn_mk1 4y ago
Where is the power dispersed? Typically bike frames are made of elastic materials which return the power that was injected through the deformation. If the power isn't returned, then the deformation was plastic and you have a bent frame, so that isn't really an option.
- giuliomagnifico 4y agoYes but it returns the power when your pedal is at the “death point” and you aren’t making power on the frame, then the power is dispersed through the frame flex when not needed. The frame should be soft vertically on the seat tube.
- rhn_mk1 4y agoI'm not sure if I see it. If you're not putting a force on the frame, then the frame is not twisted, and it doesn't return anything. You have to push in order to recuperate the energy. If you remove the force so fast that the frame doesn't have the time to return the energy back to you, then it will disperse the energy by ringing. But i don't think it's realistic unless you drive your pedals with hammer strikes.
- zardo 4y agoYou also have the possibility of transferring that energy into tire deformation and heating.
- zwieback 4y agoI would think that most of the energy goes in between 12 and 3 o'clock and then flexes out from 3 to 6. So if the flex pushes back against your leg a good part of the energy should go back on the road.