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Old 08-26-10 | 12:16 AM
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From: BOSTON BABY
Originally Posted by Inertianinja
Ok, i guess i have some fsct checking to do. But. This can't be completely correct. Sit on the rollers without pedaling and see how long you stay up. Same with trackstands...it's not just turning the handlebars counter to the fall.
Because rollers spin down much faster than you do when coasting on an actual road, and how the F is gyroscopic action supposed to keep you up when the wheels are stationary? Trackstands are a combination of the very same dynamics that keep a moving bicycle up (only the bike is rolled both forwards and backwards) and pure balance.

Originally Posted by Inertianinja
And also, bro, don't be all "sheesh" about it. It's not like I'm saying angels are holding the bike up.
1. Don't call me "bro." 2. Gyroscopic resistance is a less-silly explanation than angels, but only marginally so. It's so obviously false, and has been debunked for so long, that it sounds very nearly as foolish.
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