Timeline for Cannot steer my bike with with new adult training wheels
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| Sep 4, 2022 at 22:13 | comment | added | davidA | "Bicycles (and other two-wheeled vehicles like motorcycles) constantly need righting while riding. That is done mostly by the rider." - this isn't really true, a bicycle moving forward will happily stay balanced and upright, riderless. This is because the feedback system that maintains balance is intrinsic to the design of the bicycle. The rider can help, but in a straight line they aren't doing most of the work - the bike is self-righting. The dynamics are non-trivial but it basically comes down to the front wheel ground contact position relative to the fork line from the steering pivot. | |
| Sep 1, 2022 at 17:33 | comment | added | Roy Tinker | @leftaroundabout "what valid use could there possibly be for training wheels?" Perhaps this is someone who has propriospatial sensory problems, or a vehicular AI in development; and they already own a bike but can't afford more than $25 on this. There are many possibilities. | |
| Sep 1, 2022 at 8:48 | comment | added | EarlGrey | @leftaroundabout if you can't afford to buy central heating, it's ok to ask question how to improve the bonfire in your living room so you get less smoke in your house. In fact, the user mattnz was asking in the comments to OP's question ( bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/85604/… ) why OP uses training wheel. OP provided a clear question/issue, let's provide an answer to the question. | |
| Sep 1, 2022 at 7:48 | comment | added | leftaroundabout | @mattnz that's like saying, if you can't afford to buy central heating it's ok to just use a bonfire in your living room. There are other solutions if it can't be a trike – maybe a scooter, maybe a wheelchair, maybe just a bike with very low geometry. Impossible to say without knowing more about the OP. Just definitely not training wheels. | |
| Sep 1, 2022 at 6:24 | comment | added | mattnz | Sorry - response to @leftaroundabout 'should get a trike' presumes the rider can a) afford to buy a trike and b) trikes can be purchased where they live and c) has somewhere to store a trike (trikes take a lot more space than bikes. | |
| Sep 1, 2022 at 1:01 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | @mattnz sorry, not quite sure what you're referring to there or what you're replying to. | |
| Aug 31, 2022 at 20:42 | comment | added | mattnz | Practicalities like availability and cost, this is a global site, not everyone here suffers from first world middle class privileges. | |
| Aug 31, 2022 at 8:17 | comment | added | leftaroundabout | @mattnz what valid use could there possibly be for training wheels? They're counterproductive for any sort of training, because they train wrong behaviour. The only use that's not self-defeating is as a permanent addition. But that's no good either, because even a bike with sturdy training wheels is unstable and unsafe, so in that case one should get a trike instead. | |
| Aug 31, 2022 at 8:16 | comment | added | Superman.Lopez | For those interested, this is a nice video that explains how steering works. youtube.com/watch?v=9cNmUNHSBac | |
| Aug 31, 2022 at 4:09 | vote | accept | Zaffer | ||
| Aug 30, 2022 at 8:00 | comment | added | mattnz | While training wheels are no considered a good idea, without knowing the reason the OP is using them, it is incorrect to assert that they are not suitable for their needs | |
| Aug 30, 2022 at 7:33 | history | edited | matega | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Aug 29, 2022 at 23:43 | history | answered | matega | CC BY-SA 4.0 |