On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 02:47:44 +0000, Garrison Hilliard
quoted ROBERT KAHN thusly:

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.

What an utter and complete crock! A little attitudinal licentiousness
I can forgive, but this is so far over the edge into nonsense that one
has to wonder if the author has ever had a basic science course.

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