I did an experiment some years ago. A customer was complaining about the bike having a shimmy after he moved his saddle to the rear for a better fit. He also kept a racktop bag filled with all sorts of stuff. This got me to thinking, a state which is fraught with danger.
On my own touring bike, which also had a racktop bag, I put a case of 10 SRAM chains at the rear of the bag and filled up the front with a light jacket to keep the chains at the rear. My bike shimmied badly. I stopped and moved the chains to the front and put the jacket at the rear. No more shimmy. I then vowed never to carry that many chains at the rear of my racktop bag again. Anyway, weight distribution does seem to contribute to the problem. It's interesting that large racing frames seem to be more inclined to shimmy than small frames. And if you look at the position of the saddle relative to the two hubs it's going to be much closer to the rear than on a small frame, so the weight distribution is further to the rear. PJW On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 10:01 PM Friend <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone have suggestions for correcting a wobble I get when I ride > with no hands? > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ea44bad3-5cf8-4440-a12b-875218030806%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ea44bad3-5cf8-4440-a12b-875218030806%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Peter White -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CA%2BD%3DXm9FMa%3DX8r0C1PGLcW_FicT0rX4RunRwkwt%3Drv9OHXRc0A%40mail.gmail.com.
