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Old 08-05-2011, 01:19 PM   #37 (permalink)
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thx Pete Here is a diagram I slapped together looking at a tall streamlined bike as a "wing" of sorts from the top, don't know if it is entirely accurate and haven't figured out if the wheels make a significant gyroscopic stabilizing contribution at higher speeds or not either, so take w/salt.



re: diagram above, I sort of think it is not accurate in this case as you approach 90 degrees. If you had just a sidewind pushing on the area, you would expect some force to be created, dunno.
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