http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "how to ride a bike using a mathematical formula" en Sun, 31 May 2026 08:03:30 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=981#post-8974 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:27:22 +0000 chdot 8974@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> <strong>Find out how to ride a bike using a mathematical formula</strong></p> <p>Scientists from three countries took 31 numbers and symbols, and nine pairs of brackets to work out the secret to riding a bicycle.</p> <p>They came up with a mathematical formula has been applied to the everyday task even though most of us would have a simple one for it: keep moving so you don’t fall off.</p> <p>For the technically minded, here it is in its simplest form: inertia forces + gyroscopic forces + the effects of gravity and centrifugal forces = the leaning of the body and torque applied to handlebars.</p> <p>It was devised by scientists from universities in England, the Netherlands and the USA.</p> <p>Dr Arend Schwab, of Delft University of Technology, said scientists had tried to use Newton’s laws of motion to explain the balance of a bicycle since it was invented in the 19th century.</p> <p>Bike and car parts shop Halford’s is using its theory as part of National Cycle Week to help people learn to ride.</p> <p>‘Getting off on the right foot on a bicycle, ditching the stabilisers and speeding away from your anxious parents is actually much more complex than people realised,’ said the company’s commercial director, Paul McClenaghan.<br /> "<br /> As seen in the Metro </p>