The values you entered are now used to calculate :-

Max Speed Estimation which is calculated from Peak Power and Cd.A

Average Tractive force which propels the bike through each gear. It depends on
torque, gear ratio and rear wheel radius.

Drag Force is the force of the air resistance at the max speed in each gear.
it depends on speed and Cd.a. I did originally use a solution to an integral to arrive
at a value of average drag between the entry and exit speed in each gear but since
the drag is small at low speeds, I found it was just as good to use the simpler calculation of
drag at exit speed.

Acceleration is calculated from tractive force, weight of bike and rider and drag force.
The secs column shows how long it takes in each gear to get from the speed at the entry to
the gear to the speed at the exit from that gear.
Total is the cumulative time from start to each gear change(and therefore to the speed you specified
for each gear.)

Distance Travelled is the distance in metres in each gear, and again a cumulative column shows the
total distance travelled.
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