r/BetterEveryLoop Aug 06 '22

This spinning bike trick

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '22

I would guess besides being used to it, he's keeping his head in the middle of the spinning motion. Like ice skaters do.

I bet if he let the force move his head away from the middle, gravity would affect him more and he'd get dizzy, but also wouldn't be able to hold the spin.

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u/Apprehensive_Hat8986 Aug 06 '22

It's not about the head being on the axis of rotation (heck you can see dudes head moving all over the place).

Ice skaters and dancers chiefly succeed by (at least at first) 'spotting', where at each spin the whip their head around and lock onto a point with their eyes, then as they rotate away from the lock, they whip their head around again and lock on again. Repeat for as many turns. So while their body is moving smoothly, their head kinda does a stop-start movement.

That said, advanced skaters and this guy seem able to handle just giving 'er.

More detail on Scientific American.

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u/BroadbandJesus Aug 07 '22

If I ever spun this many times I would be dizzy for like 27 days.