Hi,
First of all, thank you for this software!
I'm very interested in learning it to do bicycle positioning.
I'm looking to see if you or anyone has generally accepted angles/measurements that could be target angles/measurements in the process of refining a person's positioning.
I just spent $275 to have someone use Dartfish software to try to improve my positioning but they only used a single side view, which is not enough as far as I'm concerned.
Thanks for any information you can provide.
Francois
Hello Cool,
Sorry for the belated post, but I just discovered the Kinovea software a few months ago.
I am experimenting with the software for detailed real-time and post-processing for road bike fit. I will be publishing the results in the near future. I will try to keep up with the forums here, but you can also follow some of my progress at
http://www.facebook.com/velocanman
In my experience, you will need to use active markers for tracking. LEDs are compact, light, bright, and cheap.
For static and dynamic bike fit you can use the angle function to measure leg angles at top and bottom dead center of the pedal stroke. Also check the back and arm angles with hand on the top of the bars, hoods, and in the drops. I have some examples on my Facebook page and will soon be adding more.
Following is an image from video taken during a road bike ride of the time trial position of a cyclist prior to a race. I was able to advise the cyclist to focus on dropping his heel, or raise his saddle, to increase leg extension, and to move the pads rearward for an elbow angle closer to 90°.
Regards,
velocanman