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Why a moving bicycle is balanced while a standing cannot balance of its own?

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Why a moving bicycle is balanced while a standing cannot balance of its own?

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  1. The spinning wheels of a bicycle has a property called angular momentum. This property depends on the radius, mass, and speed of rotation. In the same way that it's hard to change the direction of a fast moving massive object with a lot of linear momentum, it is hard to change the direction of something with a lot of angular momentum. This means it will resist tipping. (Vectors are needed to explain this, angular momentum is a result of a cross product of radius and speed).

    This is the same effect you get with a gyroscope or spinning top that is spinning rapidly.


  2. actualy ur balancing the bicycle by moving the turning thingie...also the wind is flying past it which pushes it to an upright position

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