APSU Science ExpOlympics - 2000
Competitive Event (one three-membered team per school) - Outside Front of McCord Bldg*
Dr. A. Carpenter (Physics Department)
Object: To ride a two-wheeled bicycle over a fixed course in the longest interval of time. One three-member team per school.
Rules:
1. The course will be 20 meters long and 0.75 meters wide.*
2. The course will not be sloped.
3. A practice area will be provided.
4. The course will be marked.
5. Forward motion shall be provided by the muscles of the rider.
6. No part of the competitor's body may touch the ground.
7. The bicycle must maintain forward motion at all times.
8. The bicycle must remain within the boundaries of the course.
9. Each team will be allowed 3 attempts to complete the course (one attempt
for each team member).
10. The bicycle will be provided and will have the following
specifications:
a. It will have only two rubber tired pneumatic wheels in ground contact
which are coplanar in the plane of the frame when traveling forward in a
normal fashion.
b. It will have steering capability in the normal fashion.
c. Tire prints of the bicycle will not exceed in the width 8 cm and in the
length 20 cm when the student is on the bicycle.
d. Minimum wheel radius will be 15 cm.
e. No part of the bicycle, except the tires, will touch the course.
f. The bicycle will have a single forward speed and a coaster brake activated
by back pedaling.
11. The sum of the contestants' times will determine each team's score.
A contestant who does not complete the course will be assigned a time
of zero seconds. There will be one winning team with the longest team
time and one winning individual contestant with the longest individual time.
*In case of rain the event may be held on the bottom-floor hallway in McCord.
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