cjreeder said:*Anybody know of some good articles on how unicycles turn?
Even without Gyroscopic Precession, Body Twist, and Tire
Coning, I still think it is possible to turn. Once leaned
over, if you merely increase your pedaling torque, the uni
should turn into the lean.
Have any of you noticed yourself using this technique as a
turning aid? What about when entering spins?
Chris Reeder the Ex-Unicyclist *
With the Primo The Wall tire, the tire is almost torical, so
there is no coning. Assuming you have a lean, simply
pedaling at the proper speed will put you "in orbit"
horizontally about a point. The vector forces balance out
just like the Space Shuttle in orbit. The size of the orbit
depends only on your speed and degree of lean. Getting into
the lean simply requires a temporary hip twist which allows
the wheel to track away from the body's direction. Ditto for
getting "out of orbit".
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