Bicycle
The science and engineering of bicycles.
Resources
- Bicycle | Bartosz Ciechanowski
(HN)
- How does a bicycle work from very basic physics to the details of each bicycle component with interactive animations
- Interesting bits:
- How bicycles turn because of the slip angle and the corresponding sideway force
- How bicycles stabilize because of the gyroscopic effect, the steering axis angle and the fork offset
- Why the spoke in the wheels are commonly arranged in a 3 cross approach
- Considering how the frame can handle vertical loads and pedalling loads
- It seems like he wrote those cool, realistic, interactive animations in
WebGL by hand (
bicycle.js)
Links
- YouTube:
Most People Don't Know How Bikes Work | Veritasium
- Modify a bike to demonstrate how bicycles turn by first steering to the other side and leaning back
- YouTube: World's smallest bike | Stuff Made Here