Why cycling works

[redfalo]

Some researchers have come to new conclusions how the bicycles steers itself. "Open Culture" has made a nice little video. Very interesting. However, I'm not sure if I've completely understood it. Physics never has been one of my great strenghts...

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[asterix]

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

 

[Davidc]

This is for a self correcting riderless bicycle. That some bikes could do this was known and demonstrated years ago, this article is the maths.

Holdsworth used to demonstrate it in a car park in Putney with some of their bikes, including the Mistral, in the 1960s, but I don't think they were too bothered with the theory!

 

[betty swollocks]

Interesting and informative: thanks