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From: trb@floyd.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.physics,net.bicycle
Subject: Re: A Question of Balance
Message-ID: <1554@floyd.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 2-Jun-83 11:08:34 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun  2 11:08:34 1983
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When I was about 13, I tried (exactly twice) to ride my bicycle
gripping the handlebars with my arms crossed in front of my body.  I
lost control and fell off immediately on both occasions.  I guess my
instinctive muscle movements overrode the natural stability of the
bike's design.

	Andy Tannenbaum   Bell Labs  Whippany, NJ   (201) 386-6491