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Perfect example of steering supplying balance. Notice that when riding with no hands, the rider is almost continuously shifting his weight back and forth with the bikes steering geometry responding with steering and keeping him upright.Yes, but once you get up to speed you can ride and steer with no hands.
I think the steering is used on the initial start in order to maintain balance.
That was my argument, only to be answered with "it's obviously enough to do the job".A bicycle certainly has no appreciable gyroscopic effect at slow speed and I seriously doubt the effect even at high speed. At 5 MPH, the wheels / tires (700c32) on my bike are only rotating about once per second. IMO, there is just not enough rotational velocity or rotating mass to create any useful level of gyroscopic stabilization.
A bicycle certainly has no appreciable gyroscopic effect at slow speed and I seriously doubt the effect even at high speed. At 5 MPH, the wheels / tires (700c32) on my bike are only rotating about once per second. IMO, there is just not enough rotational velocity or rotating mass to create any useful level of gyroscopic stabilization.
That was my argument, only to be answered with "it's obviously enough to do the job".
Bill
Bill, if that is the way you took my comment, that surely was not my intent.That was my argument, only to be answered with "it's obviously enough to do the job".
Bill
No, this was in response to Barry's comment about gyroscopic forces, especially at low speed. No challenge intended to anyone. Sorry 'bout that.Bill, if that is the way you took my comment, that surely was not my intent.