Car wheel coming off driving at 40 mph

LandyAndy

From the above link.

"Has anyone here had to take two bikes somewhere? So, you ride one and you carefully hold the other one beside you.

Does anyone believe that if you let go of the second bike, it would suddenly zoom forward?

Why not? After all the tires are going the same speed when they are let go and yet "pulling" less mass (one bike instead of two) Thats the argument people are making in this thread"

Inactive

This is getting wheelie silly.:D

Lorian

Its pretty obvious the wheel will only shoot forward if lubricated with manuka honey. Stronger the better. ;-)

uktyler

The gremlins that took the wheel off are running around in it like tiny hamsters, propelling it forwards faster.

iwanttosave_2

I would have thought it was because there was less weight, but then I thought this would be counteracted by no force pushing it along.

I dunno, I'm ill and my mum gave me a note to excuse me from having to think like this.

tomstickland

davetrousers wrote: »

There's no such thing as centrifugal force.

Yes there is.
There's also centripedal foce, but it depends on which frame of reference you are working as to what name you use.

Inactive

tomstickland wrote: »

Yes there is.
There's also centripedal foce, but it depends on which frame of reference you are working as to what name you use.

I just checked with my mate Isaac Newton, he couldn't say for sure, apparently he is suffering from concussion.:D

I am getting tyred of this thread.;)

mystic_trev

If your that bothered, just buy a Reliant Robin and you won't have the problem :rolleyes:

1984ReturnsForReal_2

mystic_trev wrote: »

If your that bothered, just buy a Reliant Robin and you won't have the problem :rolleyes:

But you would have a bigger problem if you lost a wheel off of it!

uktyler

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

But you would have a bigger problem if you lost a wheel off of it!

Even more of a problem on one of these:

http://www.jackiechabanais.com/video/unicycle%20chabanais.wmv