I am a cyclist and I want to know how small of a turning radius I can do at which speeds, is there any formulas to dictate how I can balance and how tight I can turn?

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anonymous · Answer

I can tell you how much power you'd need http://www.mne.psu.edu/lamancusa/ProdDiss/Bicycle/bikecalc1.htm

anonymous · Answer

n1r1=n2r2... through this formula you can solve ur problem

llort · Answer

can you walk me through that formula?

anonymous · Answer

actually its a revolution based formula through which u can find speed as well as the rotation of ur cycle whell .....where N is the number of rotation of wheel and r is the radius of that wheel... make one side be the front wheel calculation and other side to the other wheel calculation.....

anonymous · Answer

turning radius does not depend on speed. you can turn a very tight circle very slowly or very quickly depending on some other variables. one of which is ability to balance--no one is going to have an equation for that. 

an interesting problem, however, would be to find how the angle of tilt required to balance depends on speed at a given turning radius.

anonymous · Answer

mass into (velocity)^2 whole divided by radius = Force. As the friction force is constant, and so is the left hand side of the equation, so there's a definite limit to the radius you can cut on a certain speed.