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Science behind riding a bicycle is still not well known, particularly how the bicycle remains in an upright position during riding. The stability of the bicycle gets reduced gradually with decreasing speed, and finally it falls down below a particular low speed or when it is at rest. It is observed that female, inexperienced, and aged riders are generally more prone to fall down from bicycles at low speed. But such issues are not yet addressed in literature. Hence, performing a systematic analysis of stability, the present study first focuses on exploring the technical reasons behind the instability of a bicycle at a low speed, and then to propose a technical solution for improving the stability of the bicycle. The solution is an additional mechanism, attached on the frame of a bicycle without interfering the existing design of the bicycle, which automatically turns back the front wheel in the vertical plane of the bicycle so as to help the rider to balance the bicycle, particularly at a low speed when the front wheel gets turned largely from the vertical plane of the bicycle upon pedaling.
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Datta, D., Kalita, Z., Saikia, S. (2021). Stability of Bicycle at Low Speed. In: Das, B., Patgiri, R., Bandyopadhyay, S., Balas, V.E. (eds) Modeling, Simulation and Optimization. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 206. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9829-6_13
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