Garrison Hilliard posted teh article:


Wilbur and Orville Wright's great mistake

I liked this part a lot:

With the exception of musical instruments, the bicycle may
be the most human machine ever invented.


But what's this???

The most interesting scientific fact about the bicycle is that when you get up a
head of steam its center of gravity is actually in front of the place where the
front tire meets the road. The greater the angle of the front fork, the farther
forward the center of gravity is. That's why you can ride a bike with no hands
---- because it keeps falling forward toward its center of gravity. As you slow
down, the center of gravity comes back, and when it's behind the place where the
front tire meets the road, you fall over. Or put a foot down.

Whew!! That's a contender for the most nonsensical thing I've ever seen
published!

Journalism majors don't take Physics, do they?



http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2003...0320_15_39.txt


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Frank Krygowski [To reply, omit what's between "at" and "cc"]