Nature has two pieces on bikes this week – main one is a good read if you’re interested in the mechanics of cycling [not 100% sure if the News pieces are open access but I think that they are]:

here

and here

Thanks, interesting read

Thanks, interesting to see Jim P still going strong – remember him from r.b.tech days, back when usenet still worked…and yes both the articles do appear to be open access.

Interesting, thanks for the links

Minute Physics covered the reason why bikes remain upright a while ago, very interesting stuff.

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