I'm going to focus on the front rack, trying it w/ a bag cinched to it tight w/out a basket, as well as w/ no rack at all. Just trying to get it to pleasant to ride mode!
On Monday, June 1, 2015 at 8:33:14 PM UTC-7, Clayton wrote: > > I bet it is your front rack and basket. The little front racks are a lot > more wobbly than you think. Grab your basket on each side and with the > wheel between your knees, rock each side up and down, and back and forth > (yaw). Really flexy isn't it? That motion is introduced into your forks > and frame with steering corrections and bumps. Harmonic feed back keeps it > going....The unequal weight in the back would add to it. I don't think > those racks were made for baskets full of stuff, rather a stuff sack with a > sleeping bag or a supporting the bottom of a stem/bar supported Randonneur > bag. The shimmy on my Atlantis went away, finally, when I took off my Tubus > low rider rack, Nitto M-12 mini-rack and replaced them with a Nitto Big > Rack. I love my Atlantis and wouldn't give it up for a stiffer bike, ever. > I just had to figure out the shimmy, and I did, for MY bike. Good luck! > > Claytonious Q > > > > > On Monday, June 1, 2015 1:03 PM, Jim Bronson <jim.b...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > "Loaded handling question" > Pun intended? ;) > On May 28, 2015 11:07 PM, "cyclotourist" <cyclot...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Last week on a S240, had a great time (except for that one incident) > but the problem was really, really bad shimmy/wobble. So bad I really > couldn't take my hands off even for a bit at any speed. > Rear loaded, with a little bit up front (sleeping bag). Pannier on one > side only but not a ton of weight in there. Heaviest thing was > probably the tent, packed up high. > So what am I packing wrong? I don't want to get a whole new luggage > system, nor a new bike, just want to work with what I've got and what > you can see here: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/17795666300/in/photostream/lightbox/ > Suggestions? Want to get it so I'm stable and can ride hands free, at > least at lower <10mph speeds. Possible, or just the wrong bike for it? > Intermediate Riv tubing, OS downtube, nothing super light, nor super > stout, basically like a Hilsen I would guess. > > -- > Cheers, > David > > Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace > > "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal > > -- > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/TdDx6oGiy-Y/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- 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.
