Newton’s Laws of Motion Revise these thoroughly with your class Try and get to the point where any student can recite any of the three laws

‘Do Newton’s laws apply to bicycles?’ Then ask the question…… ‘Are you a true believer?’ ‘Do you believe that these laws apply to all objects?’ ‘Do Newton’s laws apply to bicycles?’

Imagine the bike is supported at the saddle so it won’t topple If you push this peddle in the direction shown, which way will the bike move?

According to Newton’s 2nd Law The rate of change of Momentum of a bicycle is proportional to the applied force and in the same direction Notes Seeing is believing so just try it The bike moves backwards All parts of the bike move backwards Newton gets it right once again