Research
Can Studded Tyres Reduce the Number of Single Bicycle Accidents? Friction Measurements of Bicycle Tyres in the VTI Tyre Test Facility
Mattias Hjort, Anna Niska · 2015
Summary
A laboratory study comparing the ice grip of four studded and two non-studded bicycle tyres under controlled braking and steering conditions. Studded tyres generally provided better grip, with up to 2.5 times higher friction during locked-wheel braking, although performance varied considerably between tyre models.
Summary in original language (Swedish)
Studien jämför dubbade och odubbade cykeldäcks grepp på is och visar att dubbdäck generellt ger bättre broms- och styrgrepp, men att skillnaderna mellan olika modeller är stora.
- Topics
- Data & MonitoringHealth, Safety & Wellbeing
- Target audience
- Policy makersMaintenance
- Mode
- Cycling
- Conditions
- WinterSnowyIcySlushy
- Countries
- Sweden(National / Laboratory study (Linköping))
- Language
- Swedish
- Access
- Open access
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Organisations
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