Re:It Takes Two Neurons to Ride a Bicycle (2004)
by aidenn0 on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @02:16PM
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Also, there is no fixed correspondence between turning the wheel and leaning, because in this case you do move your body. Think about when you are in a car and someone turns sharply to the right. At first you lean left, but then you unconsciously right yourself.
Similarly on a bike, if you turn the wheel right, you will eventually either fall over, or turn to right (which will happen with an unconscious lean). Since the correction to lean-right is usually not done consciously, and happens very quickly most people don't realize there is an initial lean left.
Inertia keeps your center of mass moving straight, so your center of mass is now to the left of the wheels.
Think of it as the ground pulling the wheels out from under you.