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Perhaps find a bicycle and experiment.
Or perhaps trace a curve on paper and imagine a cyclist following
that curve with the front wheel, and then consider the
possibilities for the back wheel ?
You may also like to consider the motions recorded in these three
images. One line traces the path of a back wheel and one line
traces the path of a front wheel: