9/25/2023 0 Comments Gyroscope bike![]() In their lab, researchers build all kinds of crazy bike designs to investigate how physics and cycling interact. So, just how does a bike stay up by itself? It’s still a mystery, although one which might finally be solved thanks to a new research center in (where else?) the Netherlands, which now employs Papadopoulos. ![]() ![]() That weight could, in theory, come from cargo on a front rack. Engineer Jim Papadopoulos, the subject of Scientific American’s feature, demonstrated that a bike with significant negative trail can be ridden, as long as it has a weight jutting out front. While caster trail does determine how easy a bike is to ride, and the gyroscopic effect does help stability, neither is responsible for the self-balancing effect of the bike.
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