Comments by "XtreeM FaiL" (@XtreeM_FaiL) on "The Backwards Brain Bicycle - Smarter Every Day 133" video.

  1. LoadingMeerkat On a normal bike, stiffer steering only makes things harder. I can't think why it would help in this case either.
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  2. There is a bit of slack.
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  3.  @ApteraEV2024  Not really. It just create bit lag and make steering less precise.
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  4. TheAgentEsties I had a similar experience. All my weight was on my hands. My legs try to hold on the bicycle. I was like how do I do this? This is impossible. I could not ride one metre straight line, but after a few minutes (half an hour) it kick in. :)
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  5. Peter Walker Learning should take same amout of time.
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  6. No it would not. Motorbikes work just the same as any other bike.
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  7.  @Whiskey-10R  If you got that, then what is it that you don't get it? The backwards bike? Backward bike's steering is reversed, which means that if you turn right, you go right.
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  8.  @Whiskey-10R  All bikes work the same, turn right to go left at any speed, but this bike goes right if you turn right.
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  9.  @Whiskey-10R  Countersteering is the regular steering. There are no options.
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  10.  @Whiskey-10R  Of course I do. I already said it on my previous comment. Do you think you have an alternate method?
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  11.  @Whiskey-10R  Simple. Turn front wheel to the right to make the bike lean and turn to the left. After that bike will automatically turn the front wheel into the curve. If you want it to lean more, you push more. Naturally that also works when you want to turn right. It does not matter what is the power source of a bike. Muscle, petrol, diesel, electricity, gravity...
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  12. garrett sherman Motorbikes and bicycles are build the same way. 2 wheels inline, pivoting front fork and a frame. Why do you think they would handle differently?
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  13. Daniel Godfrey How is that going to help? You do not use your body to operate heavy machines.
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  14. Daniel Godfrey Not even close to same as balancing a bike.
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  15. Daniel Godfrey If the steering is reversed, yes.
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  16. Daniel Godfrey What do you mean, riding or operating a dozer? When you are learning the controls you have to think, but learning to ride a bike you have no time to think. When you have mastered both then it comes naturally. If we then reverse left and right, operating a dozer will slow down because you need to think left is righ, but on a bike whole thing grumbles. You need so much more different muscles when riding a bike than using joysticks and pedals.
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  17. Daniel Godfrey Muscle memory is the magic word(s).
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  18. It would roll just fine. Handlebars are for the riders. Biks don't need them.
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  19. I have never saw a motorbike that has its steering reversed.
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  20. So, is the bike poisonous or venomous?
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  21. If we forget the thing that gears have slag that makes precise steering much harder, there should not be difference between the two groups.
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  22. thatjokerperson No. There is no difference between bicycle and motorbike handling.
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  23. thatjokerperson Still the same. Speed is not a factor.
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  24. Handlebars are on bearings. If the fork can't move freely, riding will be a lot harder, because bike will lose some of its selfstabilazing effect. Worn bearings make bikes squiggly.
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  25. Pinwheel Builds Riding without hands is easy when you have speed.
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  26. play boss Don't you understand that the steering was reversed?
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  27. legrandtc You have no idea what you are talking about. How many motorbikes has inverted steering? None.
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  28. Tony_yeung If you have never ride a bike, then learning to ride this should be as easy (or hard) as a normal bike. When people learn to ride they don't know how they do it. Just think about baby's first steps. A baby have no knowledge how to walk. It's the brain that controls all the muscles. Walking feels simple, but it actually is very complicated task. Basically it is a controlled fall, but you need dozens of different muscles and it is impossible to do just by thinking. That is why a drunk person has difficulties to walk straight or sometimes standing up.
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  29. Just Some Person Exactly.
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  30. Haliff Roslan Yes. What people often do not understand is that body control is not volunteering thing. Standin is quite complicated task. There is no time to think how to do it, if we would need to think it. We would fall instantly.
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  31. How is closing eyes change mechanism?
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  32. manyscissors ...so try it out from standing start.
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  33. junior third It is 1:1 but straight teeth has bit of slag and that also cause minor lag to steering.
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  34.  @ApteraEV2024  Nerves do that, but a bike that has steering lag doesn't.
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  35. Reverse planes controls and see how fast they will figure them out.
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  36. Richard Secrist Bicycles, scooters, motorbikes, kickbikes, all of them work exactly same. Only difference is size and mass. Riding heavy motorbike was diffucult to you, because you think that you "know" how bikes work.
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  37. BigPaaryna Forklifts are easy. You don't have to balance them with your body.
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  38. Steering is less sensitive because gears always have some slack. Riding that bike without hands is just like riding any other bike.
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  39. kowal789 And that spesific speed is zero and up.
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  40. Greg Williams It is so called muscle memory.
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  41. Harry B Physics. That is how all the bikes work.
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  42. ruellersss Must be luck.
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  43. ruellersss This bike's steering is reversed, so it doesn't work as regular bike. If you push right it turns left. Speed is not a factor how you steer a bike. Bike doesn't know or care how fast it is going.
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  44. dedric bullock With this bike you push left to go right. How is that a same?
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  45. dedric bullock Wheel turns left, bike leans right. Reversing steering doesn't change the physics.
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  46. If you can start and stop without hands then yes.
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  47. windwardpro Slag makes it harder but it is not the problem here.
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  48. Foul Intentions Bikes with or without motors work the same.
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  49. Raymond Moralez Explain what? It's just riding a bike. No difference, except motorbikes are faster and heavier so you need to use more force.
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  50. Motorbikes work just like bicycles. They are just heavier so you need to use more force. Leaning does nothing.
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  51. Stand on one leg and then close your eyes. You will see (pun un-intended) that it is much harder to stay balanced.
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  52. Alexander Steinberg Sure, if you can handle standing start, but without hands you can't do tight turns.
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  53. Alexander Steinberg No. Try it. Ride figure 8 with and without hands and compare their size. I bet that without hands the 8 is nowhere near the size of the other.
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  54. Alexander Steinberg Do full 360°. Firtst one way and then the other way as fast and tight as possible.
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  55. Alexander Steinberg Read my first comment.
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