Tim Cain wrote:
> "epicyclist" <
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>>B a r r y B u r k e J r . wrote:
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>>>On Mon, 02 Jun 2003 09:13:26 +0100, epicyclist <
[email protected]> wrote:
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>>>>As I watch my little boy fight his bicycle and fall off in his transition from stabilisers to
>>>>free cycling I think "Gyroscopes". Yet many still say that balancing on a bike is a circus act
>>>>of steering correction. I can see that this effect becomes significant below 2mph just before
>>>>you fall off due to lack of forward velocity but why does the myth still prevail?
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>>>How does a trackstanding rider stay up if the bike's wheels aren't moving?
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>>>Barry
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>>The same way I do when I stop dead at traffic lights, with a bit of help from the fixed wheel.
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> How do I stop dead at the lights without a fixed wheel?
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> Tim.
If your like me you use the brakes to bring the bike to a standstill, shift your weight around a
bit for a few seconds to try and stay up and if you haven't got your shoes out of the SPDs fall
over onto your shoulder (making sure you don't put your hand out and so break your wrist).
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