EXAMINATION OF ROAD SURFACE MANAGEMENT METHOD BASED ON VIBRATION RIDE QUALITY OF BICYCLE USING BICYCLE RIDE INDEX

Abstract

 Since Japan is promoting cycle tourism nationwide, improvement of the bicycle running environment is required. However, the evaluation method of the road surface roughness that greatly affects the bicycle running environment is not established yet. By carrying out an experience evaluation experiment using a vibration table, the relationship with the ride quality when data with characteristics different from the road surface profile used in the previous research was used was grasped. Moreover, the road surface management method was examined using the constructed evaluation index. As a result, it was revealed that the constructed evaluation index can reflect the ride quality of the bicycle even when the data of the vibration table is applied. Furthermore, based on the existing research, we calculated the reference value for road surface management and proposed a reference value for judging good and bad road surfaces.