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Trikke carving vehicles
allow a rider to utilize a fundamental physics principle known
as the Conservation of Angular Momentum. While travelling on a slalom-like
path, a rider
moves his centre of gravity (his mass) from left to right (for example)
while leaning the
vehicle into a right turn; this movement of the rider’s mass is towards
the centre of the
turn, thus decreasing the radius of an imaginary circle which is formed
around the centre
point of the rider’s turn. This movement of mass to the centre of the
circle acts in the same
way that an ice-skater increases her velocity if she pulls in her arms
(decreasing her
radius) while she is spinning on the ice.
Because of the vehicle’s design, a rider can learn to maximize the
velocity generated from
making each turn and then transfer that momentum into the next turn, and
so on and so
on. Propulsion can be so effortless that it feels like magic, or as
strenuous as a full-blown
sprint. Your choice. |
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