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Why Does a Bicycle Keep Upright?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

F G. Maunsell
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Most of us have asked this question at some time or another; generally we have received some such answer as: “It’s a gyroscopic effect, of course” Further details are not easy to obtain, and the majority of books on Mechanics do not mention the subject.

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Research Article
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 30 , Issue 291 , October 1946 , pp. 195 - 199
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1946

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