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- From: tomes@iastate.edu ()
- Subject: Re: What would you ride on a long distance trip?
- Message-ID: <BxzExu.I8p@news.iastate.edu>
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- References: <1992Nov18.020307.19538@tcsi.com> <BxxoMr.F6@news.iastate.edu> <1992Nov19.165638.8726@rd.hydro.on.ca>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:13:03 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.165638.8726@rd.hydro.on.ca> jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine) writes:
- >continues in the same line. If you're an observer moving with the bike,
- >it feels like the bike's rotation in the plane of the lean is about the
- >centre of mass.
- >
- >Try this at home. Go around potholes with your wheels, but straight over them
- >with your body.
-
- so try and answer my question, like why do the wheels stay in contact with the
- ground if the bike rotates about the center of mass?
-
- CP Tomes
-