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Offline Steve F

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Re: Gyroscopic Precession
« Reply #25 on: May 09, 2007, 06:39:08 AM »
For a more technical perspective on this:
http://230nsc1.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/mechanics/bicycle.html

Offline merc2dogs

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Re: Gyroscopic Precession
« Reply #26 on: May 09, 2007, 09:47:32 AM »
quoted from the above article:

Having pointed to the gyroscopic nature of the bicycle wheel, it should be pointed out that experiments indicate that the gyroscopic stability arising from the wheels is not a significant part of the stability of a bicycle. The moments of inertia and the speeds are not large enough.

 

  Seems I should have done some searching instead of stateing results of my own experimenting!
 since reading that I've found plenty oif sites that state the gyroscope theory has been refuted.

 
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Re: Gyroscopic Precession
« Reply #27 on: May 09, 2007, 09:50:23 AM »
He's full of BS.....