Re: maintaining balance on two wheels is easier when moving forward instead when resting in one place
- From: "Androcles" <Headmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 23:21:35 -0000
"Richard Tobin" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Terry <ttcooper@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
I agree with Uwe Hayek - the wheels of the bicycle act as a gyroscope.
Of course they *act* as a gyroscope - so the wheels on a car - but
this doesn't account for the fact that a bicycle doesn't fall over.
If it did, it would be much harder to ride bikes with light wheels,
but it isn't. The effect is just too small.
Experiments have been done with a bicycle with an extra reverse-spinning
wheel (which cancels the gyroscopic effect)
The hell it does! You are total fucking idiot, "Tobin".
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