> The physics is non-trivial and, based on the drawings, offsetting the center of the wheel from the axis of thw wheel being turned was not a thing. There is w

> The physics is non-trivial and, based on the drawings, offsetting the center of the wheel from the axis of thw wheel being turned was not a thing. There is whole physics around it and even legal regulations [1]. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_and_motorcycle_geometry#Trail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_and_motorcycle_geometr... Looking at the state of stomatology and medicine back then early velocipedes and bicycles were indeed mad. I wouldn't get on any of it earlier that sometime 1910s, once the safety bicycle was somehow perfected.