Article 76YZ4 The humble bicycle is still hiding a physics mystery

The humble bicycle is still hiding a physics mystery

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Jason Weisberger
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Everyone knows how to ride a bike. Nobody completely knows why the bike is helping.

The old explanation was that bicycles stay upright because of spinning wheels acting like gyroscopes. That is part of the story, but not the whole story. - Read the rest

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