====== Bicycle dynamics ======

Riderless bicycles (hand launched) tend to self-stabilise whilst in forward motion.

The phenomenon has been extensively studied at the Delft University of Technology (NL) in collaboration with Cornell University (US) ([[http://bicycle.tudelft.nl/yellowbicycle/|videos here]])

The physics behind this stability is 'poorly understood'. Various theories have been put forward - including front-wheel spin angular momentum (gyroscopic), or 'trailing caster' effects - but these are disputed. [[http://bicycle.tudelft.nl/stablebicycle/|Full details here]]

More history of the study of bicycle self-stability [[http://ruina.tam.cornell.edu/research/topics/bicycle_mechanics/papers.php|here]]

For a recent (2016) article, see [[http://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds%5B%5D=citjournalarticle_528198_34|The bicycle problem that nearly broke mathematics]] in //Nature//, 535(7612): 338-341.

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