Originally Posted by
wheelreason
Yes, or any other orientation that remains constant to the center of the circle, and yes, I'm fully aware that it would be impossible to pedal that. I figured (probably erroneously) that it would help the flat earthers, I mean circle pedalers, regardless of their mathematical formal education level, or that the shifting circle center thing just isn't a thing, as any motion of the pedal spindle, which obviously occurs when pedaling, changes the distance between the top of the pedal and any point in the circle, real or imaginary. But alas, this is BF, so....
I think the problem is that some people are overly attracted to symmetry. It's a circle because you can pick an imaginary point that makes it a circle. It's a
tautology (that is a
circular argument).
Note that some people are claiming the center of the crank is an "arbitrary point":
Originally Posted by somebody
No, it's not. The center of a circle is a defined point, defined by being equidistant from all points of the circle. You are choosing an arbitrary point and then trying to bend the geometry around it. That ain't how it works.