It'd be interesting to lower your stem a little and try again. On Aug 7, 2:37 pm, MichaelH <[email protected]> wrote: > In five years of riding my Rambouillet I have never experienced any > front end shimmy - until this morning. I was coming down VT 108 from > Smugglers Notch and as the bike hit 45 mph I shifted my hands from the > drops to the center, to get into a tuck, and all of a sudden I got > this slight, but unnerving front end shimmy. As soon as I returned to > the drops it quieted down. I have had this bike up to 50 before so it > wasn't just the speed. Clearly, shifting my weight backwards seemed > to unweight the front enough to cause the shimmy. I had an Acorn > Rondoneur bag on the front but it didn't have much weight in it. > > My son gave me a pair of Continental Grand Prix tires, which are only > 23 mm and have proven to me that they need to be up around 110l bs to > avoid pinch flats. That's the only difference I'm aware of. Has > anyone else run a Rambouillet with very skinny tires, and did you > experience any hi speed shimmy? > > Other than that, I'm feeling pretty good that I can still make that > climb (2800 ft up from my home). > > BTW, as I started up the mountain road I ran into three heavily loaded > senior citizens from, of all places, Walnut Creek! They spotted my > bike right away. > > michael
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