Users’ perceptions on comfort level of cycling clothing
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- Yetanawork Wubneh Teyeme (UGent) , Benny Malengier (UGent) , Tamrat Tesfaye, Simona-Ileana Vasile, Maria-Cristina Ciocci (UGent) and Lieva Van Langenhove (UGent)
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- In this study, based on user surveys related to ergonomic wearing comfort, thermal comfort, clothing design, construction, and purchasing preferences, the performance of existing cycling clothing that affects wearer comfort was investigated. Four casual and professional male cyclists were recruited for this study. A questionnaire was developed to address various main characteristics, such as freedom of physical activity, fit of clothing; clothing assembly; clothing aesthetics; and overall satisfaction. In order to infer whether the parameters are significant, statistical analysis including descriptive methods and chi-square test (x2) is used, where the statistical significance is set to P = 0.05. The results show that cyclists are not very satisfied with the comfort of the equipment. Nighty four percent of respondents (88 men in total) experienced various discomforts. The fabric characteristics, design and size fit of the clothes are the most common reasons.
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- Subjective assessment, user comfort, cycling clothing, garment fit
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8743798
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- Teyeme, Yetanawork Wubneh, et al. “Users’ Perceptions on Comfort Level of Cycling Clothing.” Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium Technical Textiles - Present and Future, edited by Rodica Harpa et al., Sciendo, 2022, pp. 11–16, doi:10.2478/9788366675735-003.
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- Teyeme, Y. W., Malengier, B., Tesfaye, T., Vasile, S.-I., Ciocci, M.-C., & Van Langenhove, L. (2022). Users’ perceptions on comfort level of cycling clothing. In R. Harpa, C. Piroi, & A. Buhu (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium Technical Textiles - Present and Future (pp. 11–16). https://doi.org/10.2478/9788366675735-003
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- Teyeme, Yetanawork Wubneh, Benny Malengier, Tamrat Tesfaye, Simona-Ileana Vasile, Maria-Cristina Ciocci, and Lieva Van Langenhove. 2022. “Users’ Perceptions on Comfort Level of Cycling Clothing.” In Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium Technical Textiles - Present and Future, edited by Rodica Harpa, Cristina Piroi, and Adrian Buhu, 11–16. Sciendo. https://doi.org/10.2478/9788366675735-003.
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- Teyeme, Yetanawork Wubneh, Benny Malengier, Tamrat Tesfaye, Simona-Ileana Vasile, Maria-Cristina Ciocci, and Lieva Van Langenhove. 2022. “Users’ Perceptions on Comfort Level of Cycling Clothing.” In Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium Technical Textiles - Present and Future, ed by. Rodica Harpa, Cristina Piroi, and Adrian Buhu, 11–16. Sciendo. doi:10.2478/9788366675735-003.
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- 1.Teyeme YW, Malengier B, Tesfaye T, Vasile S-I, Ciocci M-C, Van Langenhove L. Users’ perceptions on comfort level of cycling clothing. In: Harpa R, Piroi C, Buhu A, editors. Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium Technical Textiles - Present and Future. Sciendo; 2022. p. 11–6.
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- [1]Y. W. Teyeme, B. Malengier, T. Tesfaye, S.-I. Vasile, M.-C. Ciocci, and L. Van Langenhove, “Users’ perceptions on comfort level of cycling clothing,” in Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium Technical Textiles - Present and Future, Iași, Romania, 2022, pp. 11–16.
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author = {{Teyeme, Yetanawork Wubneh and Malengier, Benny and Tesfaye, Tamrat and Vasile, Simona-Ileana and Ciocci, Maria-Cristina and Van Langenhove, Lieva}},
booktitle = {{Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium Technical Textiles - Present and Future}},
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language = {{eng}},
location = {{Iași, Romania}},
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title = {{Users’ perceptions on comfort level of cycling clothing}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/9788366675735-003}},
year = {{2022}},
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