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Re:Uncontrollability of a bricycle (2014) [video] by jonsen on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @05:08PM (#16871205)
Not at all complicated. A bike is made so that the front wheel will turn in the same direction as the bike is leaned. This has a simple stabilising effect. Bike leans right, front wheel turns right, increased centrifugal force from the sharper turn will unlean the bike to the left.
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Re:Uncontrollability of a bricycle (2014) [video] by buvanshak on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @05:51PM (#16871552)
> Bike leans right, front wheel turns right

Agree. But this is not what the other person is saying.

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Re:Uncontrollability of a bricycle (2014) [video] by ska on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @10:05PM (#16872812)
Except, it doesn’t at first. Which is why this is counter intuitive.
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