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Poppaspoke

09-28-11, 07:04 PM

http://www.sciencefriday.com/videos/watch/10376

Science Friday highlights self steering riderless bike with no trail and no gyroscopic wheels.

prathmann

09-28-11, 07:42 PM

There was a rather extensive study of bicycle stability done by Jones in his article published in Physics Today, April, 1970:
http://home.phys.ntnu.no/brukdef/undervisning/tfy4145/diverse/UnridableBicycle.pdf