Why is it easy to balance on a moving bike but not when it stands still?

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Why is it easy to balance on a moving bike but not when it stands still?

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You balance a bike by steering to keep the wheels under your centre of gravity: start to tip left and you steer left to bring the wheels under you. If the bike is not moving then steering does not cause the wheels to move across, and you continue to fall.

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