Bicycle Design - Load cases

bicycle_disciple said:

This is from an associate of mine from the engineering tips website. He
had a question and I wonder if anyone could help him out.

Here goes.

Hi All,

I'm a composite stress engineer for an aircraft company. As a mean to
develop my knowledge of composite stress and also because I'm really
interested by bikes, I have decided to try and design a composite
bicycle. Remember Miguel Indurain's Espada made by Pinarello? That's
what I'm working on.

However, to do that, I need to indentify the critical load cases that I
should to consider to size the frame. Any idea anyone where I could
find that sort of details?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Cheers,
SkyD

Any insights? I'll forward any replies to him with proper citations.

-B.D

Go here and poke around:

http://www.efbe.de/enindex.php

You'll find references to various industry specifications that should
detail the load cases for this type of testing. It should at least be
a start.