Thanks nvn, that actually makes sense to me!
I also appreciate the DickLs comments but they weren't what I was looking for.
As for mech eng, I know I got the 1400N experimentally mainly for calculating the stress in the crank but had been using it to get the acceleration.
I think...
so what equation do I use if I want to relate the mass of the rider into the rotational acceleration of the back wheel?
basically the moment of inertia for my back wheel is 0.1965KgM^2 and my torque is 100Nm
but can I just add the moment of inertia for the crank and the front wheel, assume the...
I am designing a bicycle (theoretically), and i have my max torque on the crank 245Nm
(Ignor this unless you think iv made a mathematical mistake)
(1400N*.175m), which provides a torque on the drive cog, (245Nm/0.085m)= 2882N which is the tension in the chain, multiplied by the raduis of...