I never quite understood why it is so much easier to keep a bike balanced while riding at a certain speed, compared to riding it really slow, or while standing…
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“Rigidity in space” is a gyroscopic principle that states that a gyroscope (really, anything like a top or a wheel) that is spinning wants to stay in the same plane of rotation. The more a wheel is spinning, the more this principle is in effect.
To really ELI5: the faster a wheel spins, the less it wants to tilt one way or another
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