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- From: lawrence@lynx.msc.cornell.edu.UUCP (Lawrence H. Smith,E20 Clark,56064,2726746)
- Subject: Re: What would you ride on a long distance trip?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.214947.10116@msc.cornell.edu>
- Originator: lawrence@msc2.msc.cornell.edu
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- Organization: Cornell-Materials-Science-Center
- References: <BxzExu.I8p@news.iastate.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:49:47 GMT
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- From article <BxzExu.I8p@news.iastate.edu>, by tomes@iastate.edu ():
- > 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
- So _read_ the post you are following up, fercryinoutloud.
-
- Just like Jody said, it's because the bike is _rolling_ along the ground,
- allowing the wheels to move sideways _as_ they move forward. The wheels roll
- forward&out, the head moves in, the cg is rotated about. Friggin' Aristotleians
- that don't listen to arguments _or_ experiment. Sheesh.
-
- -Lawrence Smith, MSC Computing Staff - Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
- lawrence@msc.cornell.edu lawrence@crnlmsc2.bitnet (607)255-6064
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