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Michael Press
Guest
In article <[email protected]>,
MagillaGorilla <[email protected]> wrote:
> The reason why riding no hands is generally easy is because the bike
> 'wants' to go straight because that vector results in the least
> resistance (most efficient). Also, the rotation of the wheels helps
> keep the bike upright due to the angular momentum of the spinning wheels.
Riding no hands is workable because we shift our weight
to steer the bike, and our high center of gravity means
that it takes a long time for us to fall over relative
to the speed of adjustments we can make. Angular
momentum of the wheels is unnecessary to ride no hands.
--
Michael Press
MagillaGorilla <[email protected]> wrote:
> The reason why riding no hands is generally easy is because the bike
> 'wants' to go straight because that vector results in the least
> resistance (most efficient). Also, the rotation of the wheels helps
> keep the bike upright due to the angular momentum of the spinning wheels.
Riding no hands is workable because we shift our weight
to steer the bike, and our high center of gravity means
that it takes a long time for us to fall over relative
to the speed of adjustments we can make. Angular
momentum of the wheels is unnecessary to ride no hands.
--
Michael Press