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From: daver@felix.UUCP (Dave Richards)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Re: A Bicycle Puzzle
Message-ID: <937@felix.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7-Mar-86 14:41:40 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  7 14:41:40 1986
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In article <620@anasazi.UUCP> steve@anasazi.UUCP (Steve Villee) writes:
>> On a bicycle with both tires the same diameter, which wheel has a
>> larger average angular velocity?  In more concrete terms, suppose
>> you have one of those newfangled bicycle computer gizmos.   On which
>> wheel should you mount the sensor to register more mileage?
>
>I would say that if you do any significant amount of turning, the front
>wheel will have a greater average angular velocity.  You could even go
>to the extreme of turning the front wheel perpendicular to the rest of the
>bicycle, and then the front wheel could go around without any angular
>motion on the back wheel.  I can't think of any way to give the back wheel
>more angular motion than the front wheel, other than lifting the bicycle
>off the ground.
>
>--- Steve Villee (ihnp4!terak!anasazi!steve)

How about riding the bicycle backwards?  The back becomes the front and
vice-versa. (this takes a special hub or something, but I've seen people
do it)

Dave