At 5:51 AM -0600 2/4/08, Nor Meyer wrote:
>That is what wheel flop is! (I doubt Jobst would have written something so
>plainly wrong.)
>
>Actually, you can easily steer a bike while walking with it by grabbing the
>saddle. As long as the front wheel is pointed fwd the bike will continue in
>that direction..... To change its direction you simply tilt the bike in that
>direction. At walking speed front wheel gyroscopic effects are not in play.
>
> Cheers, Nor in Iowa
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While walking, you can. Try steering it while stopped... As somebody else recommended, Wilson's Bicycling Science is good reading. It covers wheel flop and much more. These things are well-documented and not worthy of disagreements.
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