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12-23-01, 09:57 AM
I recently stumbled across (what I thought was) an interesting website. It looks like some kind of education site, with a fairly detailed section on bicycling. Some of you probably visited the site already. Three sections I found partictularly of interest:
- BRAKING AND STEERING - goes into why a bicycle balances so well, and the different opinions about the gyroscopic action of the spinning wheels and the center of gravity. Also, there is a stopping distance caclulator.
- AERODYNAMICS - interesting reading and a aerodynamic drag calculator.
- HUMAN POWER - This part I really find interesting, because this is the only place I've seen in writing where it says the bicycle is THE MOST efficient mode of transportion.
URL: http://www.exploratorium.edu/cycling/
Would really like to hear others' opinion on this site.
- BRAKING AND STEERING - goes into why a bicycle balances so well, and the different opinions about the gyroscopic action of the spinning wheels and the center of gravity. Also, there is a stopping distance caclulator.
- AERODYNAMICS - interesting reading and a aerodynamic drag calculator.
- HUMAN POWER - This part I really find interesting, because this is the only place I've seen in writing where it says the bicycle is THE MOST efficient mode of transportion.
URL: http://www.exploratorium.edu/cycling/
Would really like to hear others' opinion on this site.