>>1669238You misunderstood what I meant by stability. The most stable bike I ever rode (pic related) was also very floppy, the parallelism of steerer tube and seat tube was more of a suggestion than anything, but massive wheelbase and overall geometry made it almost impossible to fall off of because of how much time and leeway you get to correct it before it has enough of your shit and slams into the ground. On one hand it made it easy enough for my mum to ride, on another it is still a bicycle, if in motorcycles the stability of a Gold Wing comes at a price of not being throwable in a way you can throw a Fireblade, bycicles of all shapes and forms (BMX notwithstanding) are close enough to each other that the difference between it and a typical commuter-tier MTB on a slalom course is more down to the rider skill and the tires.
>t. never rode oneI learned to ride it enough to commute (about the same as 90% of mono riders), before realising that it doesn't feel as good as a bicycle. It's not even about safety, my commute is almost entirely bike lanes by riverside, it just wasn't enjoyable. Going back felt liberating.
Compared to a bicycle a mono is indeed very unforgiving as you control it entirely with your balance. Bicycle's speed is not balance-dependent at all, you get whole three separate controls for that, and left-right balance relative to the bike doesn't just not have to be precise but can outright be thrown out of the window entirely because you have two more means of control that I explained two posts earlier and that you can use to correct even the most blatant hooliganism. You can even ride a bike like a kickscooter if you want to, right foot on left pedal and hanging off entirely to the side. Can you do that on a mono? No, because riding a mono is like trying to type a novel on a touchscreen, or play modern games with an NES controller.
