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> You only think you understand how a bicycle works, until you learn to ride one.

I bet a majority of people who can ride a bicycle don't know how they steer, and would describe the physical movements they use to initiate and terminate a turn inaccurately.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countersteering



Relevant interesting tangent:

“Most People Don't Know How Bikes Work”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cNmUNHSBac


Reminds me of this YouTube video (below) on how difficult it is (nearly impossible) to re-learn how to ride a bicycle when you have the handles are reversed (i.e. pulling left handle bar towards you, the wheel goes to the right)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0


A Brief History of Bicycle Engineering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcRlDCsZM20




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