A bicycle in zero gravity is unrideable (The bricycle)

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AlexD

There’s a velodrome in space in a William Gibson novel (possibly Neuromancer) - it was supposedly at very low gravity, allowing the riders to go super fast. So, all bollocks then?

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Murphy's_Law in reply to @AlexD

Quite the bollocks.

Gravity is what holds the riders on the track, allowing them to accelerate.
Air resistance is what's slowing you down.

So essentially: riding a bike in no air, but gravity, would be quite fast.

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