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**Dane Buson**

"Tom \"Johnny Sunset\" Sherman" wrote:
Paul Johnson wrote:
On Aug 18, 10:43 pm, (Brent P)
wrote:
In article , Paul Berg wrote:
Lesson to Learn:
If you're on a bicycle, don't kick a car driven by a person as equally
crazy as yourself.
The kicking story is most likely BS. any sound kick to car would cause a
lateral force that could likely result in the bicyclist falling.

Never underestimate gyroscopic force's ability to keep a cyclist
upright.

The gyroscopic forces are minimal - basically enough to allow hands-off
riding on reasonably decent pavement (assuming appropriate bicycle
geometry) but no more than that.

Besides, a mounted cyclist is not in a position to effectively kick
anything.

Well, some people do better at this than others...

http://members.arstechnica.com/x/zuv...cross_kick.jpg

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Dane Buson -
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It is not reality, although you can express reality there if you wish.
You are also free to write nonsense, or lies, or to tear the pages.
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