Old 07-16-22, 12:22 AM
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Gyroscopic effect of deeper front wheels?

When I first went from a 38mm to a 60mm front wheel a few years ago, I recall feeling that the steering became heavy. At the time I attributed it to the aerodynamics (catching more wind). I switched back to the 38mm and that was that.

Today on a different bike I switched out my 32mm front to a 50mm front and felt the steering become noticeably heavier. But this was just a driveway spin at slow speeds, so I'm now thinking it's the added mass concentrated at the rim is introducing a gyroscopic effect. Does my physics check out? Anyone else notice this when going to a deeper front wheel?
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