My 59 Hilsen just took on a mean shimmy when I removed the front bag and put a basket on a Mark's Rack in the back. Carrying about 3-5 lbs shimmied nastily no-handed, and even shook a bit with hands on bars. I just had the headset replaced from a Tange ball-bearing to a Miche needle top and bottom, and this seemed to not help at all. I had some mild shimmy before, BTW. I also noticed that as I lean forward and put more weight to the front of the bike, the shimmy calms. It was bad enough that I immediately removed the offending rear rack and basket and put my front bag on again. Shimmy, vanquished.
Before - major shimmy: http://flic.kr/p/pS6tUc After - no shimmy: http://flic.kr/p/ntqSPz I recall a post a few yrs back from a fellow who experimented with different weighting in front and back. I believe he found that in his case having any weight in the back caused the shimmy. Brian Hanson Seattle, WA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
