Originally Posted by nomoore

I vote faster is better. I know in moutain biking you are less likely to get thrown sideways off of your bike when going faster because your wheels are spinning faster. The extra centrifigul force of the wheel spinning faster makes the wheel harder to tilt sideways (or harder for the bike to fall over). To demonstrate (some of you may have done this as a kid), take a wheel off of your bike and hold it in the air by the axle. Tilt the wheel. It tilts easily. Now have someone spin the wheel. If you try tilting it now it will be much harder to tilt. The faster you spin it the harder it is to tilt.