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tintor • today at 6:08 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Front bicycle wheel in all Argon examples is still wrong. This bicycle will not be stable. Axis of rotation of front wheel needs to be in-front of axis of rotation of steering wheel. Frontier VLMs still do not understand how bicycles work.


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epihelix • today at 9:22 PM

Check the "high" thinking output again. For what it's worth, it's there.

However, how the front fork rake affect stability is I believe a little complex. I doubt this old article is the last word on the subject, but it's a great read nonetheless, and note especially the ultra-stability of the reversed fork bike!

https://physicstoday.aip.org/features/from-the-archives-the-...