Timeline for What makes a bike stay upright when moving?
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| Jan 31, 2012 at 0:33 | comment | added | Jahaziel | It's not a prerequisite when the bike travels along a free path, but you need it when you want the bike to follow an arbitrary path or overcome an obstacle... | |
| Aug 8, 2011 at 16:43 | comment | added | Stephen Touset | -1, because physicists have shown (per matthew's answer) that a rider making subtle corrections is not a prerequisite for a bike to self-balance. | |
| Jul 6, 2011 at 1:11 | comment | added | Mac | @Kibbee I think the main difference is how quickly the corrections you make take effect. At speed, a small change in the angle of the front wheel results in the bike changing angle in a very small amount of time. However when travelling slowly, it takes a longer time to change the angle of the bike, and that is time that the bike has to exaggerate it's current lean angle | |
| Jul 6, 2011 at 0:05 | comment | added | Mac | +1 for the mention of a reversed steering bike. I've tried one just couldn't stay upright. | |
| Jul 6, 2011 at 0:03 | comment | added | Kibbee | But then why is it so much harder to balance when the bike is stationary (ie, doing a track stand) than when you are travelling down the road. | |
| Jul 5, 2011 at 22:34 | history | answered | lantius | CC BY-SA 3.0 |