THE VIDEO SHELF · bicycle dynamics
TMS Bicycle, stable without gyros or trail (TMS=two-mass-skate)
Arend Schwab demonstrates a research bicycle, the two-mass-skate design, that balances itself without gyroscopic effects or trail. It challenges the common explanations for why a moving bicycle stays upright.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters cite it as the author's own demonstration of research showing that bicycle stability is not explained by gyroscopes.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Arend Schwab
- Topic
- bicycle dynamics
- Format
- demo
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2019
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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We do know, here is the paper that the journalist refers to: [LINK] And here is a great video by the author: [VIDEO] Short answer: "a bicycle should turn into a fall."
schoper on Hacker News · 2013-08
In We still don't really know how bicycles work[1] Explanation of the research in question behind this article, as well as a demonstration of the bike they based the research on. They very clearly describe (at the end of the video) that even with gyroscopic and tracking forces removed, the two most important …
aray on Hacker News · 2013-08
In We still don't really know how bicycles work
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