Hey, a bicycle wheel is a helluva big gyroscope....I'll give that a
shot....Laithwaites was a 50 pound weight (I think), did you spin it up
by hand (your bicycle wheel) or use a drill motor or something...this
sounds like fun, especially when it comes on to go careening into the
neighbors plate glass window...<g>...
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