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Steering query.

victorcarrera · 2009-03-10 12:53:38

We all know how to do it but why is it that when going very slow the bike goes in the direction you steer, but at speed it goes the opposite way ?

10-03-2009 12:53pm

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We all know how to do it but why is it that when going very slow the bike goes in the direction you steer, but at speed it goes the opposite way ?

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#2 10-03-2009 12:55pm

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victorcarrera wrote: »

We all know how to do it but why is it that when going very slow the bike goes in the direction you steer, but at speed it goes the opposite way ?

Google "countersteering".

It's because the rotational inertia of the wheel is greater at speed.

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