How Do Bikes Stay Up?

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[allamericandude]

Wow, those marker drawings have gotten incredibly life-like.

[cjua]

I love these types of videos where the concept is shown in a real world object rather than only pictures. Awesome vid.

[ThatMumboJumbo]

Blimey. Never thought about this before. Smashing video :)

[besmart]

I'll never be able to ride my bike the same way again

(meaning I'll be staring down at all the physics magic and probably crash into something)

[brianpso]

Wow, after many years studying how the universe works and other complex subjects I just learned that something as simple as a bike is way more complicated than many of them. Thanks for reminding me that some things we take for granted can be the most challenging to understand.

[bassisku]

Damn, finally a really good video on actual physics. This is what I've wanted to see on this channel

[TristanBomber]

So we can figure out electron orbitals, special relativity, and determine the first few seconds of the universe, but we can't figure out bikes.

Excellent.

[BreezyInterwebs]

In Soviet Russia, the bike rides itself

[iAsteroidPlanetSmash]

My Bicycle just got a Beer from the fridge and is now going out for a ride to pick up some sliders

[iel]

I loved watching this bike ride itself. Thanks Henry. You should also talk about how the unicycle and segways are possible to ride. (I've vervet ridden either of them.)

[Thebiggestgordon]

Exactly what I was looking for - I’m trying to build a motorised bike that can stay upright when moving the same way a push bike does and this was exactly what I needed. Cheers!

[joeking]

I always enjoy your videos!  I just have a couple things to add that might help people search for more info on this.  In the motorcycle industry the angle of the steering axis is called rake.  The distance from the front tire contact patch to the steering axis is called trail.  changes in rake and trail are pretty well understood in the motorcycle industry because it uses different variations in steering geometry to produce different handling properties for different styles of motorcycle.  Might make for an interesting follow up video:)
keep up the awesome work!

[adammoffitt]

I love this kind of thing. Simple machines that are easy to understand, but no one knows how they work. Brilliant video; very well explained.

[isra]

Bikes stay up because unlike living things they do not need sleep.

[RefusicStudio]

This movie makes teaching child riding bike a lot easier. Just show them that bike rides itself with speed applied to it. Makes them understand how easy it is. Great vid!

[SonicRooncoPrime]

You know, I understand general relativity. I love videos on paradoxes, wormholes, time travel and such.

A video on bikes blew my mind.

Great work MinutePhysics. Great work.

[MickySarge]

Enjoyed this more than the Veritasium vid that brought me here.

[Pyrex]

I watched this explanation in scishow! :D

[thisexists]

But which is the better song about bikes: Queen's "Bicycle Race" or Kraftwork's "Tour de France?"

[electronicsNmore]

I knew this, but not in your physics terminology. :-) Great video as usual.