Andrew Dressel

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• What exactly is the requirement for track bike bottom bracket height?
• What exactly is the role of spinning engine parts in motorcycle stability?

A little about me so that you might know where I'm coming from.

Raised inCheshire, Connecticut

Lived inTroy, New York;Boca Raton, Florida;Kiev,Ukraine;Ithaca, New York

Currently reside inMilwaukee,Wisconsin,USA

• me at UWM
• me on LinkedIn
• me on Flickr
• me on Twitter
• Bad Bicycle Science on WordPress
• Good Bicycle Science on WordPress

Cheshire High School 1980

BS inComputer Science fromRensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1985

MEng inMechanics fromCornell University 2003

MS in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics fromCornell University 2006

PhD inCivil Engineering andMechanics fromUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2013

Founder,software developer andproduct manager atMapInfo Corporation

General Manager of theKievBusiness Incubator atKiev Polytechnic Institute inKiev,Ukraine

Teaching Assistant ofStatics,Dynamics, andStrength of materials atCornell University

Substitute teacher ofmath andscience inConnecticutpublichigh schools

Hot air balloonpilot and chase crew atCastle View Balloons

Bicycle mechanic atWheel & Sprocket andCrank Daddy's

Lecturer inStatics,Dynamics,Strength of materials, andFinite element analysis atUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

AdjunctAssistant Professor inMechanical Engineering atMilwaukee School of Engineering

Director of theBicycle and Motorcycle Engineering Research Laboratory atUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Trek Soho with8-speed hub andbelt drive

Felt B2 Protime trial bicycle with 10-speedDura-Ace from 2010

Gary Fisher Supercaliber fullsuspensionmountain bike from 2006

Litespeed Ultimateracing bicycle with 8-speedDura-Ace from 1994

Burley RumbaTandem from 1999

Burley CantoRecumbent from 2002

Cannondale Criterium with 12-speed105 from 1988

Trek 620 with 18-speedSuntour from 1984

Bianchi steel mountain bike converted to wintercommuter with slicks,lights, andfenders (retired and scrapped)

Orbea Ordu time trial bicycle from 2007 (wrecked and scrapped)

Single speed built up from oldRaleigh steel roadframe andSpecialized Langster running gear (gifted)

Bike Friday DoubleDay recumbent tandem (sold)

Trek 710 with 12-speedSuntour from 1981 (gifted)

TorkerUnicycle (cannibalized)

Moto Guzzi California Special (sold)

Kawasaki Vulcan (sold)

Yamaha FZR600 (sold)

This user is aparticipant in WikiProject Cycling. This user is a participant inWikiProject Motorcycling. This userparticipates in WikiProject Aviation. This userparticipates in WikiProject Aircraft. PhD This user has aDoctor of Philosophy degree inEngineering Mechanics.

This user has helped promoteagood article on Wikipedia. This user has written or expanded12 articles featured in theDid You Know section on theMain Page. This user has been on Wikipedia for18 years, 10 months and 17 days. This user has created89 articles onWikipedia. This editor is aVeteran Editor III and is entitled to display thisSilver Editor Star.

First edit on 14 May 2006 at 21:34

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Images uploaded so far 139 (132 cur, 7 old)

• Hot air balloon pilot and passenger
  Hot air balloonpilot and passenger
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  Hot air balloonchase vehicle
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  Bike model
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  Bike weave animation
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  Graph of bike eigenvalues
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  Bike external forces
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  Graphs of bike countersteer response
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  Free body diagram bike lean forces
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  Free body diagram of block on ramp
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  Graph of stress vs number of cycles
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  Bicycle banana seat and sissy bar
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  Aero seatpost
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  Bowden cable
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  Bicycle brake cabledetangler
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  Bicycledowntubeshifters
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  Bicycle dual-pivot calliper brakes
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  Tandem bicycleeccentricbottom bracket
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  Bicycle handlebar with harlequin wrap
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  Humber bicyclefork
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  Trailing link suspensionbicycle fork
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  Rod brake on aTriumph
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  Westwood rim
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  Bicycle reardropout
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  Loaded touringrecumbent bicycle
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  Loaded touringtandem bicycle
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  Triumph bicycle
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  Hero bicycle
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  Bicycle sidecar
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  Bianchihead badge
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  Ellsworthhead badge
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  IROhead badge
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  Milwaukee Bicycle Co.head badge
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  Motorcycle clip-on handlebar
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  Honda longitudinalV-twin
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  Torkerunicycle
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  Unicycle hub
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  Steer angle and lean angle vs speed
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  Hands off steer angle vs speed
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  Lean angle from weight
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  Dini's surface
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  Two-mass-skate bicycle
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  Stability eigenvalues for an example motorcycle
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  Root locus plot of motorcycle stability eigenvalues
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  Cannondale Headshok front suspension
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  Camber thrust
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  Contact patch showingslip angle andpneumatic trail
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  Epicyclic gears in a bicyclehub gear
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  Computer rendering ofEuler's Disk on a slightly concave base

• How Can I Choose Products That Give Back? By Joe Jackson, Oct 23, 2013 onOutside Online
• Encouraging Bicycle Tourism In Oregon. By Geoffrey Riley & Charlotte Duren, NOV 6, 2013 onJefferson Public Radio
• Who came up with your least favorite tech buzzwords? by Josh Fruhlinger, April 21, 2014 onITworld
• The Squeaky Luggage Rack. By Chip Muston, August 2, 2016 on Life Share Technologies
• The African Bicycle Contribution Foundation
• The Humble Bike: Serving Us Well Into The Future. On Yellow Magpie
• Five Useful Christmas Gifts for Cyclists. On Fit Citizen
• Bike Fact Book - Unusual Information About Bicycles and Bicycling. By Jeff Napier, 2013 on 500ways
• The First Home Trainers. By Aaron Cripps, October 27, 2014 on Cycling History
• Krishna and the Art of Bicycle Maintenance. By Rohini-suta dasa (Ronald E. Boutelle) on Ancient Vedic Radio
• What is rolling friction? By Adit Akarsh, Oct 12, 2015 onQuora
• What are the keys to making the fastest Lego race car? By Paul Reiber, Apr 15, 2016 onQuora(and "featured in Forbes")
• Fren Sistemi on Bisiklet Gezgini

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