3 Ways to Measure a Bicycle Wheel

Dovie Salais

About This Article Experienced Bike Mechanic This article was co-authored by Ikaika Cox. Ikaika Cox is the Director of Operations at the Provo Bicycle Collective in Provo, Utah. He received his BA in Literature & Philosophy from Utah Valley University in 2015, and has been a bike mechanic since 2012. […]

The Bicycle Wheel as a Gyroscope

Dovie Salais

A rider leaning left will produce a torque which will cause the bicycle wheel to precess counterclockwise as seen from above, turning the bicycle left. The angulur momentum of the bicycle wheels is to the left. The torque produced by leaning is to the rear of the bicycle, as […]

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