{"id":898,"date":"2019-08-19T14:04:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T14:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/scebe-research\/?p=898"},"modified":"2019-08-19T14:23:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T14:23:09","slug":"could-mountain-biking-could-be-giving-us-bad-vibrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/scebe-research\/could-mountain-biking-could-be-giving-us-bad-vibrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Could mountain biking be giving us bad vibrations?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Norco factory team mechanic, Lewis Kirkwood, thinks mountain biking could be giving us bad vibrations:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-899\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/scebe-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2019\/08\/Lewis_Narco-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>A recent study from Edinburgh Napier University suggests that mountain bikers are experiencing vibration exposure that could be hazardous. The study was carried out by Norco Factory Team mechanic, Lewis Kirkwood, as part of his Ph.D.\u00a0 He fitted accelerometers to the bars of two top-ten riders&#8217; bikes at a round of the Scottish Enduro Series and the British Championships. These are tracks that have hosted EWS rounds in the past and represent a typical, elite-level enduro race.\u00a0 The research was undertaken in collaboration with Dr. Mark Taylor of the Civil &amp; Transportation Engineering Department.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more, the article, published in the Journal of Science and Cycling, can be accessed\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsc-journal.com\/ojs\/index.php?journal=JSC&amp;page=article&amp;op=view&amp;path%5B%5D=10.28985%2F1906.jsc.04\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Norco factory team mechanic, Lewis Kirkwood, thinks mountain biking could be giving us bad vibrations: A recent study from Edinburgh Napier University suggests that mountain <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/scebe-research\/could-mountain-biking-could-be-giving-us-bad-vibrations\/\" title=\"Could mountain biking be giving us bad vibrations?\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,44],"tags":[42,43],"class_list":["post-898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-research","tag-human-response-to-vibration","tag-mountain-biking"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Could mountain biking be giving us bad vibrations? 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