Evaluating human performance and the physical demands associated with cycling in simulated environments

骑自行车是一种流行的交通方式，也是锻炼和健身爱好者的理想选择。自行车的未来现在被认为是城市交通不可或缺的一部分，全球电动自行车的生产和销售正在迅速增长。未来的电动自行车设计必须专注于提高用户辅助标准，这取决于期望的最终用户效果。人体工程学和人的因素提供了运动学和工程学之间的联系，以优化人机交互。自行车的性能受到健康水平、环境、机械和人为因素的影响，这项提案将衡量指导未来电动自行车决策所需的变量，以预设辅助模式/类别。其目的是在模拟环境中对人体在骑自行车过程中的表现进行生物力学和生理学评估，以推导出各种辅助水平的预测方程。使用最先进的气候风洞，参与者将被要求在模拟环境条件下骑自行车，同时在固定的室内自行车训练器上。将监测肌肉活动、踏板力量、心率、呼吸频率、潮气量、分钟通气量、皮肤电反应、皮肤温度和核心温度。关于在模拟气候风环境中骑自行车的数据缺乏，对电动自行车在各种模拟环境中的性能和人类性能的研究将导致复杂和尖端的自行车技术。该项目将为加拿大带来诸多好处，包括经济、环境和健康方面的好处。鼓励使用电动自行车，这是一种积极的交通方式，可以促进身体健康和福祉，导致更健康的生活方式和更低的医疗成本。电动自行车还可以减少对个人或公共交通的需求，这可能会导致环境影响。

Cycling is a popular mode of transportation and a desired choice for exercise and fitness enthusiasts. The future of cycling is now recognized as an integral part of urban mobility and global electric-assisted (e-bike) production and sales are increasing rapidly. Future e-bike design must focus on improving the user assistance criteria, depending on the desired end user effect. Ergonomics and human factors provides a connection between kinesiology and engineering to optimize the human-machine interaction. Cycling performance is affected by fitness level, environment, mechanical, and human factors and this proposal will measure the variables needed to guide future e-bike decisions for pre-set modes/categories for assistance. The purpose is to perform a biomechanical and physiological evaluation of human performance during cycling in simulated environments to derive prediction equations for various assistance levels. Using a state-of-the-art climatic wind tunnel, participants will be required to cycle in simulated environmental conditions while on a stationary indoor bike trainer. Muscle activity, pedal force, heart rate, breathing rate, tidal volume, minute ventilation, galvanic skin response, skin temperature and core temperature will be monitored. Data on cycling in simulated climatic wind environments is lacking and research on e-bike performance and human performance in a variety of simulated environments will lead to sophisticated and cutting-edge bike technology. This project will provide many benefits to Canada, including economic, environmental and health benefits. The encouragement of e-bike use, a form of active transportation, can promote physical fitness and well-being, leading to a healthier lifestyle and lower healthcare costs. E-bikes can also reduce the need for personal or public transportation, which can lead to an environmental impact.