I always thought a bicycle stays upright thanks to the bike's castor and the gyroscopic effect of the wheel but according to this article in Wired Magazine that's only part of the picture. Eliminating the bike's castor and spinning two wheels off the bicycle's drive wheels to counter the gyroscopic effects, the bicycle still remains upright. So what keeps a bike upright?
I always thought a bicycle stays upright thanks to the bike's castor and the gyroscopic effect of the wheel but according to this article in Wired Magazine that's only part of the picture. Eliminating the bike's castor and spinning two wheels off the bicycle's drive wheels to counter the gyroscopic effects, the bicycle still remains upright. So what keeps a bike upright?
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