"psycholist" wrote in message
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"frkrygow" wrote in message
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Garrison Hilliard posted teh article:


Wilbur and Orville Wright's great mistake

I liked this part a lot:

With the exception of musical instruments, the bicycle may
be the most human machine ever invented.


But what's this???

The most interesting scientific fact about the bicycle is that when
you
get up a
head of steam its center of gravity is actually in front of the place
where the
front tire meets the road. The greater the angle of the front fork,
the
farther
forward the center of gravity is. That's why you can ride a bike with
no
hands
---- because it keeps falling forward toward its center of gravity. As
you slow
down, the center of gravity comes back, and when it's behind the place
where the
front tire meets the road, you fall over. Or put a foot down.

Whew!! That's a contender for the most nonsensical thing I've ever seen
published!

Journalism majors don't take Physics, do they?

The nonsensical things in this story began far before that remark. "In
the
history of mankind, I cannot think of a single case of a bicycle doing
anyone harm ... " Of course you can't. It's an object. So is an
airplane.

I don't know about that...

"KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A bicycle carried a bomb that exploded in
the main square of the southern Afghanistan city of Kandahar, wounding at
least 15 people, police in the city say. "

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapc.../afghan.blast/

Do a Google search on "bicycle bomb". Dark humor aside, your point is
correct. It's how man uses his technology either for good or harm.

Mike