Dangerous vibration dose exposure in everyday transport cycling

Determine whether everyday cycling undertaken as a means of daily transport results in dangerous vibration dose exposures, quantified by Vibration Dose Value (VDV), relative to statutory limits across typical road roughness conditions.

Background

After modeling a_rms and estimating VDV across a range of road roughness and bicycle configurations, the paper notes frequent exceedance of guideline thresholds in sporting contexts and raises the question of how these findings translate to daily transport cycling.

The author explicitly states that it is unknown whether routine transport cycling causes dangerous VDV exposure, indicating a need for population-relevant measurements and risk assessment.