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What is it called when you coast on a bike, you stay on, but when it stops, you fall off?
Is there a scientific word, or term, for this?
5 Answers
- Anonymous2 years ago
Inertia. When the bike stops, the body keeps moving.
- Lib.rare.ianLv 72 years ago
The bike in motion maintains dynamic stability, if steered correctly.
Balance is much harder to maintain without the stability afforded by constant forward motion.
- Anonymous2 years ago
loss of momentum balance
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- Anonymous2 years ago
the bike is gyroscopically self stabilizing, as long as the wheels are moving.
i guess you could call it that
when the wheels stop turning the gyroscopic effect disappears. and you fall over.