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Old 04-30-17 | 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by FBinNY
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While most people think they balance a bicycle, that's a fallacy. The truth is that the bicycle is constantly falling to one side or the other and we unconsciously steer to bring the wheels below the center of gravity and recover. Turning is the same, except change cnter of gravity to center of forces.
You are confusing counter-steering and self-stability. While the mechanisms are identical, they are very different things.
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