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related content: Would it even be possible to turn left if steering right would be blocked? "Most People Don't Know How Bikes Work" https://www.youtube.com/watc
by Abimelex 4y ago
related content: Would it even be possible to turn left if steering right would be blocked?
"Most People Don't Know How Bikes Work"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cNmUNHSBac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cNmUNHSBac
- matsemann 4y agoI posted the OP video in a different thread, with this fun fact: > Another cool thing is how the steering of a bicycle works. You don't really turn the way you want to, you actually turn the other way first to initiate so the bike moves from under you, and you then lean the other way to actually turn. This is why, if you're for instance biking close to a curb and want to get away from it, you really can't and it feels like the curb is "sucking" you closer and closer. Since it "feels" wrong to first turn towards it, but without doing that you actually can't get away from it. So kinda the same: If a curb or something on your right either blocks you from turning that way, or you "block it in your head" so you refuse to turn the handlebars to the right, you wont be able to actually turn left and get away from whatever is next to you. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35007628 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35007628
- tbyehl 4y agoI've watched literal hours of YouTube videos that explain the physics of steering in the context of motorcycles but none debunk all the misunderstood concepts as clearly as this one. Take my upvote. (And every time this subject comes up somewhere I am thoroughly amused at all the people who are confidently wrong)