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Bicycle (ciechanow.ski)

submitted 1 year ago by ernest@kbin.social to c/science@kbin.social

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There is something delightful about riding a bicycle. Once mastered, the simple action of pedaling to move forward and turning the handlebars to steer makes bike riding an effortless activity.

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[–] Kierunkowy74@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@ShortHax commented under this video:

It’s easy to build a rocket. It’s not like it’s bicycle-science

62K likes today.

[–] Rodsterlings_cig@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Science unable to explain how a bike in motion stays upright"

/s But once watched a video with a similar title that demonstrated not a single effect (caster, gyroscopic, etc.) is solely responsible for bikes staying upright and you can design bikes without each effect and they still work in principle.

So just slightly less complicated than rockets.

[–] Kierunkowy74@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

slightly

[–] swope@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

In the area of stability and control, rockets are much simpler to understand than bikes.

Plenty of other challenges with rockets.