When on a bicycle, why can you stay upright only when moving?

Subject: When on a bicycle, why can you stay upright only when moving?

Date: Thu Mar 20 22:34:27 1997
Posted by Paul Lemmey
Grade level: undergrad
School: No school entered.
City: Adelaide State/Province: SA
Country: Australia
Area of science: Physics
ID: 858918867.Ph

Message:

I vaguely remember being taught in High School that movement on one plane is 
independant to movemement on another, so why is sideways movement on a bicycle 
dependant upon forward movement?

Re: When on a bicycle, why can you stay upright only when moving?

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