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There are no secrets to riding a bike: 1. Do no try to go straight. Move the handlebars violently left and right when you feel you are falling left or right.
by GoToRO 9y ago
There are no secrets to riding a bike:
1. Do no try to go straight. Move the handlebars violently left and right when you feel you are falling left or right.
2. Going slow is hard. Go fast. The wheels spinning will behave as stabilizers, making it easier to stay on the bike.
3. Moving your body will make you fall at first if you do not counteract by moving the handlebar. Start by going downhill, without pedaling.
- kevin_thibedeau 9y ago> The wheels spinning will behave as stabilizers, making it easier to stay on the bike. Bicycle wheels do not have enough mass to impact handling through gyroscopic inertia. They do not act as stabilizers. Motorcycle wheels do, and consequently they require more effort to lean at higher speeds as well as require additional lean when accelerating into a curve.
- GoToRO 9y agohttps://youtu.be/8H98BgRzpOM?t=27s https://youtu.be/8H98BgRzpOM?t=27s
- boxcardavin 9y agoGyroscopic forces are not the dominant force keep a bicycle upright, this has been demonstrated with bicycles with counter-rotating wheels. Steering geometry of the front wheel is what self-stabilizes a bicycle.
- GoToRO 9y agoIt's not just one thing. At different speeds there are different things that help you stay balanced. At low speeds, yes, what you do with the handlebar and so the front wheel is predominant. At higher speeds gyroscopic forces do not actively keep you upright, but they help by slowing down the speed with which you loose you balance and so you have more time to react (by steering).
- hexane360 9y ago2. is the correct outcome but not the correct explanation. The real explanation is that turning inputs have a greater effect on balance at high speed. Turning input directly relates to turning radius, which, when combined with the square of tangential velocity, gives centripetal acceleration. This centripetal acceleration is used to counteract an imbalance of the body/bike system. Basically, the faster you go, the easier it is to influence your balance on the bike. If you go fast enough you can get too much influence, which is how speed wobbles happen.
- 21 9y agoI don't think I've ever heard about somebody which knew how to ride a bike after just reading some text :)
- GoToRO 9y agoWhy would you expect that?
- perl4ever 9y agoThe two "secrets" I know to riding a motorcycle are (1) not leaning on your arms, and (2) consciously countersteering. Seems like a lot of people I see on the street never learned how to countersteer and turn or change lanes with alacrity.
- kqr 9y ago> (1) not leaning on your arms I can already guess an answer to this, but would you mind expanding on it anyway? I tend to do this on my bicycle a lot.
- perl4ever 9y agoWell, I was told not to in the course I took to get my license, and I found it helped without really thinking about why. However, if I try to introspect...supporting my weight with my arms tends to conflict with the counter-steering part. If I push on the left side, the motorcycle leans that way. But one instinctively pushes on something to hold oneself up. So I think I would say my brain gets subconsciously conflicted over whether to push or pull. Unfortunately, sport bikes typically have a seating position that makes it very difficult not to put weight on your wrists unless you have good leg and abdominal muscles.