A bicycle is surprisingly stable for an upright, two-wheeled vehicle that needs to be propped against a wall when it’s not moving. But perhaps a bigger surprise is that no consensus exists on why the ...

Our minds are constantly trying to keep us from falling over. We probably don't realise quite how hard they are working. It’s as easy as riding a bike… or so the saying goes. But how do we manage to ...

Several answers in Almost the Last Word refer to the gyroscopic effect of bicycle wheel rotation helping to maintain balance (Almost the Last Word, 5 October). This has been discussed before (Last ...

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