It sounds like shimmy is the more popular term, and yes, it went away as soon as I got back into a good riding position. But it was a first for this bike and I was surprised more than anything. I'm sure I've ridden like that before, maybe this time I over did it, or maybe being tired meant I was not controlling it as well. But I still took time to check things out. I've even tried to bring it on and so far no more problems. On my other bikes that were prone to shimmy I've had the most luck with moving weight around, redistributing loads, things like that. But the San Marcos is currently set up as a go-fast bike. I took the racks off a while back and I don't carry much on it other than an underseat bag and water.
Maybe I was on the edge of losing control and shimmy was a warning to stop messing around! On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 12:10:12 PM UTC-5, Ryan Fleming wrote: > > When did it go away? After you stopped riding no hands? > > On Monday, May 22, 2017 at 9:42:46 PM UTC-5, Bruce K Jamison wrote: >> >> My SOMA San Marcos 59cm has been a great bike. At the end of a long ride >> where I was admittedly tired and not riding in the best fashion (no hands, >> leaning way back in the saddle), the bike got the dreaded wobble. It went >> away quickly. I went over the bike checking the usual suspects, and am >> happy to say everything is fine again. But I was really surprised that it >> happened at all. The San Marcos is so stable and it’s even a 2X top tube >> model. I guess it’s only human…. >> >> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
