Even though it’s a simple tweak to the handlebars, it messes with your brain.
This bike has only one thing that's different from regular bikes: The handlebars and wheel move opposite each other.
That means when you turn the handles left, the front wheel goes right instead of the usual left. A welder and friend of Smarter Every Day host Destin Sandlin built the special vehicle and called him up with a simple challenge: Could he ride this bike?
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At first, Destin couldn't do it and grew flustered.
It doesn't mean he's uncoordinated: Our brains, he explained, have a very complex algorithm of forces that allow us to ride a bike.
Not only do we have to push the pedals, we lean our bodies in a way to maintain balance, push and pull on the bars — and work in tandem with the wheels' physics.
And if you change one thing, he said, the whole neural formula is thrown off.
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As a frequent speaker, he's even brought the bike with him to see if an audience member could succeed.
The outcome was always the same: No one could do it.
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Until one day, after eight months of practice, relentless teasing, and countless wrecks, he finally did it.
HIs son, on the other hand, learned it after a mere two weeks, exemplifying that children's brains are a bit more plastic — or able to change — than adults' well-worn pathways.
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