Abstract
It has been well known that the use of binding pedals enables cyclists to improve the efficiency of the muscle activities recruited in pedaling motion. It is essential for cyclists to fit the positions of bicycle to their physical property to master the pedaling skill. Few researches, however, evaluated the pedaling skill of beginners and proposed the method for optimizing the pedaling skill. Then, this study firstly aims to establish a method to evaluate the pedaling skill based on muscle activation analysis of lower extremity. Next, we develop the experimental device that can extract the cyclists' pedaling skill in real-time by using the proposed pedaling skill evaluation method. Our experimental results show that beginners have not the skill of pulling pedals up. Additionally, the muscle activity pattern of beginners varied irregularly in each pedal rotation, and this indicated the muscle activities of beginners were not stable.
