Mike, This was relayed to me second hand. But loaded in front too high I'll get shimmy on my Hilsen. I had some disbelief regarding the NFE and shimmy considering it has a low trail fork. Some more feedback is obviously required by other NFE owners.
~Hugh “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ― Albert Einstein http://velocipeedemusings.com/ On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Mike Schiller <[email protected]> wrote: > Shimmy on an NFE?... I'd like to see that bike and how it's loaded/built. > My Matthews uses similar tubing ( 8/5/8 OS) and geometry as the NFE and I > don't get any shimmy at all. The NFE has a similar tubeset to a Hilsen > BTW. So either they have too much weight up high or something else is > going on. > > back to original subject... I'd love to try those tires on my Bantam. It > was designed around 44 mm tires and fenders. Wonder it they are tubeless > compatible? > > ~mike > Carlsbad Ca > > On Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 11:22:41 AM UTC-7, hsmitham wrote: >> >> So yes!! I've been thinking on these same lines. I like the Elephant NFE >> but have heard even with the low trail fork there's some shimmy. Never >> ridden one myself. I love the idea of a bike with a light tube set capable >> of running 42mm+ CX & slick tires. I suppose some are calling it a monster >> cross. Just thinking about my ultimate adventure bike. >> >> ~Hugh >> >> >>> -- > 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/aEYyD3bnppc/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
