Post #3665194
2026-07-06 12:43 UTC
@JamesAshburnerCBR@aus.social @ellie@social.lol I think science is still out on how bicycles balance - they probably don't but we make them do it
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@denisbloodnok@mendeddrum.org 2026-07-07 02:22
@patterfloof@meow.social @JamesAshburnerCBR@aus.social @ellie@social.lol You steer the bicycle in the direction it's falling over, no mystery there. Bicycles with sufficiently odd geometry will go a surprisingly long way with no rider, but again no mystery there. Gyroscopic effects aren't significant (shown with counter-rotating masses).