"Werehatrack" wrote in message
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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!

Along with a few other of the writers comments.

Pete