Does the gyroscopic effect of bicycle wheels keep a bicycle stable? Or is stability the result of something else? The solution to this problem needs to address the following, at a minimum:
- How did you determine the answer to the questions? What equations did you need? What values did you use for the variables? How did you determine those values?
- How does the angular momentum of a bicycle wheel compare to the torque exerted by the rider?
- Discuss how this supports or contradicts what you see in a typical bicycle wheel gyroscope physics demonstration like the one shown in the video to the left