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Why are bicycles stable? The most common answer is gyroscopic effects, but this is not right. This video was sponsored by Kiwico. Get 50% off your first month of any crate at https://kiwico.com/veritasium50Huge thanks to Rick Cavallaro for creating this bike on short notice. Thanks to all the friends who participated in the filming. Rick was also responsible for the Blackbird Faster Than The Wind Downwind Cart. https://youtu.be/jyQwgBAaBag Great videos on bikes and counter-steering:MinutePhysics: How Do Bikes Stay Up? https://youtu.be/oZAc5t2lkvoMinutePhysics: The Counterintuitive Physics of Turning a Bike: https://youtu.be/llRkf1fnNDMWhy Bicycles Do Not Fall - Arend Schwab TED talk: https://youtu.be/2Y4mbT3ozcAToday I Found Out: We Still Don't Know How Bicycles Work https://youtu.be/YWsK6rmsKSITU Delft - Smart motor in handlebars prevents bicycles from falling over: https://youtu.be/rBOQp2uY_lkAndy Ruina Explains How Bicycles Balance Themselves: https://youtu.be/NcZCzr9ExKk▀▀▀More References:TU Delft Bicycle Site: http://bicycle.tudelft.nl/schwab/Bicycle/Bicycle stability program: http://ruina.tam.cornell.edu/research/topics/bicycle_mechanics/JBike6_web_folder/index.htm▀▀▀Special thanks to Patreon supporters: Luis Felipe, Anton Ragin, Paul Peijzel, S S, Benedikt Heinen, Diffbot, Micah Mangione, Juan Benet, Ruslan Khroma, Richard Sundvall, Lee Redden, Sam Lutfi, MJP, Gnare, Nick DiCandilo, Dave Kircher, Edward Larsen, Burt Humburg, Blake Byers, Dumky, Mike Tung, Evgeny Skvortsov, Meekay, Ismail Öncü Usta, Crated Comments, Anna, Mac Malkawi, Michael Schneider, Oleksii Leonov, Jim Osmun, Tyson McDowell, Ludovic Robillard, Jim buckmaster, fanime96, Ruslan Khroma, Robert Blum, Vincent, Marinus Kuivenhoven, Alfred Wallace, Arjun Chakroborty, Joar Wandborg, Clayton Greenwell, Michael Krugman, Cy 'kkm' K'Nelson,Ron Neal ▀▀▀Written by Derek MullerFilmed by Trenton Oliver, Raquel Nuno and Derek MullerEdited by Derek MullerMusic from Epidemic Sound and Jonny HymanProduced by Derek Muller, Petr Lebedev and Emily Zhang