Most People Don't Know How Bikes Work

So this is why the no handle bar trick can work. I never thought about how the bike actually works byond how the gears and tires work for less rolling resistance.

I was biking in the 90s when i was a kid, tried all sorts of stuff on the bike, this contraption will be an easy challenge, for me, those modern kids who bike wont stand a chance, remember bike is all about balance, with or without the steering wheel.

I now want to build a bike I have to balance... or just use a unicycle

great example of skill != knowing what you are doing

there is nothing more satisfying than watching a grown man fail to ride a bike

Se esse pessoal andasse de moto conseguiria pedalar a bike com o guidão travado, pq teria consciência para inclinar para fazer uma curva sem precisar virar o guidão

If you have ever ridden a motorcycle the counter turn is far more pronounced at speed. The amount you counter steer is the amount of lean the bike does thus turning the opposite direction.

I dnt have to turn the opposite way to make a turn on a bike all u do is lean to the side to want to turn smh this video doesn't make sense to me

Give that bike to a well trained motorcyclist, and they'll be fine.

I reached to this conclusion while I was learning to ride a bike, due to association, I turned the handlebars to the side I wanted to turn, and I died.

I tried it multiple times until realizing bikes are simply stupid and they don't work like my Wii steering wheel.

i actually learned how a bike handles when i was around 4 i used to have training wheels but they were bent to the point where they don't ever contact the ground anymore, one time when i was riding it i noticed it was balancing so i asked to remove the training wheels and i managed to balance it i just knew that if it's rolling it will balance and turning just came naturally because when i turned the handle bar i noticed it wasnts to lean towards the direction it turns so after a few tries i got the hang of pushing it towards the direction i want it to go it was such a fascinating experience

Is it like riding a ripstik without really moving

I cood do that

I am doing research in dynamic balance in human walking and this effect plays a major role in people walking without falling. I saw this video a couple of months ago but today I realized that his video has direct application to how bipedal creatures keep themselves stable. Thanks.

Late to the show, but I don't think experienced bikers turn a little left before turning right. Like me, they lean into the turn before turning, and while turning. It becomes automatic.

You can lean before you turn

This is impressive!! 😱

Loved it! Thanks.

Very cool, but I have a question. I ride a mountain bike, and I love to ride wheelies. I've gotten pretty good. One thing I've noticed...the beginning of my wheelie is very stable but and the front tire slows to a stop, the bike gets much harder to control. Is this simply the gyro effect? I would like to see a video explaining this dilemma.

What if you lean first?

i dont this at all. i just lean in the way im turning, like when riding a motorcycle

This is for sharp turns, if you're on the street and the curve isn't sharp you anticipate and lean your weight in the direction you want to turn before turning without the need to counter-turn

... o k ...but can you explain a wheelbarrow...?...ha...great video...thanks...

The thing about the car: the car doesnt require you to balance. This is why you feel the car lean when taking a sharp turn: momentum

You're a great person for creating content like this. I'll show this video to my kid one day to teach them how to ride a bycicle instead of trying to explain what I don't know.

I learned that when I learn to ride a motorcycle. Nifty physics!

Now I know how to ride a Bike. Thank you so much.

We underestimate these amazing inventions, the brains that invented them and the brains that learn to ride them without even fully understanding what they are. We humans are amazing.

Alright it's been years already now make bike that when you go left it's go right and same to the opposite.. also when you pedal forward it's go backwards...

I geniuenly think ill be able to do it

💡👍

i remember when learning how to ride a bike by myself that i needed an initial momentum to enable me to be stable on the bike so i would always practice on a small slope hill. i did it for a few days and got injured a lot and finally learned how to balance and ride on a bike. it definitely took a lot of dedication and courage (sad to say i honestly dont know where this stamina went). i was only an elementary kid at that point and learned how to bike solo.

this is stupid, I tested it and I don't "countersteer"

I'm a new cyclist and have found real problems with the camber (sideways slope) where I've ridden. I fell of due to that and now am injured so can't ride for a while. From what others have told me, plus this video that has made it even clearer, I wasn't leaning at all but was moving the wheel to steer. I used to ride as a teenager with no problems at all, yet somehow in my 50's it isn't coming to me naturally. It's actually quite odd that I seem to have "forgotten" how to steer a bike! I should be doing it without thinking, but it's not happening. I can't wait to get back on and try again.

This perfectly explains why trying to teach a kid to ride a bike with training wheels will only make it harder for them to learn how to ride a regular bicycle. They naturally learn to lean into every turn with training wheels holding them upright. Once they get on a real bike and fall, they think it's way more difficult and don't want to get hurt. I will make sure to get my kids on bikes while they're still small and falling won't hurt as much.

i do understand how to ride a bike because well i have a bike

How did the first bike rider not just say: "This is dumb" and give up

motorcycle counter steering? it's always the opposite during turns except at very low speed. Push right if handle bar forward/pull in left side to turn right. I rode a bike at a trip decades after not ridden a bicycle, and was on a motorcycle for 3-4 years daily before that.. I forgot how to ride a bicycle for the first 30 mins to an hour.

You guys turn by steering? I just lean, and only steer when the curve is very hard or when I need to avoid obstacles.

Im 2 mins in and this is so dumb, just lean bruh its not deep

I wonder if this has to do with how people ride bikes slightly different in different parts of the world. I don't have a fancy contraption like they do in this video but I've tested it for myself many times since I first watched this video and I can indeed turn without going to the opposite side first. Whats especially interesting is that many people over here (central europe) don't do that either.

I find this very interesting. I ride my bike to work every day. I find this to be true at only low speeds. At higher speeds you lean into the bend before to turn the handle bars, so there is no leaning the opposite direction first. This can also be done at low speeds, but naturally you do go the opposite way first if not thinking about it. Pretty cool.

They had the audacity to invent bikes and never fully explain the physics behind it.

U hurt my brain 😂😂 seriously your success gives me hope for society

Impressive video. I liked it alot.

Ez if u have experience on motorcycles

Im befuddled. We still dont really understand how bikes work? 🤯

Half way through the video:
"Who gives af?"

i never knew how to describe it but that wouldve helped me as a kid to know i can steer upright nand not just forwards i understood the effect but not really why

We try to teach this concept for downhill mountain biking. We should've just show them this video 🤣