Whooee, take off for bike ride & look what I missed! I'll read the entire thread but for the moment here's some Riv content to chew on:
The Atlantis is arguably one of the most stable bikes made. With my normal collection of rackage and a moderate sized front bag that'll hold a few pounds, it's rock solid. By adding panniers in the wrong places, I can get frightening shimmies. The key is to put the weight in the right places and it's back to rock solid. This took some experimentation to sort out and I firmly believe, based on talking to numerous tourists with similar loads on a variety of bikes, that personal riding style has a lot to do with it. Playing with the weight placement is the key to stability. Another list member had a Hillborne that scared the daylights out of him when he added the same front bag that I use daily. Remove bag, no shimmy. Add bag, death wobble. I submit that just these 2 data points point out the complexity of the issue. dougP On Dec 10, 3:12 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > 10:1 he lurks here... > > On Dec 10, 10:38 am, Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Send this part off to Eben Weiss. He can always use good material.. > > > ________________________________ > > From: William <[email protected]> > > > >>The Cliff-notes synopsis is: "I don't know what causes shimmy, nor does > > > anyone else. Here's what several oldschool guys said about shimmy. > > They were wrong. I can't take a bike that doesn't shimmy and change > > it into a bike that does shimmy. Even though I don't have any ideas > > about the causes or the solutions, you should absolutely swap your > > headset to needle bearings if your bike shimmies and hope for the > > best, even though I don't know if it will help, and maybe will make it > > worse"<<- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
