... at 57 mph in a turn I was afraid of that bike at speed ... Only thing crazier I've ever heard of was Arlo Gutherie riding his motorcycle down the mountain road... playin' his guitar... Geez, Kelly, STFD... gonna kill yourself.
On Dec 11, 11:38 am, Kelly <tkslee...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had an experiance with a high speed shimmy .. always over 50 mph and > if I was trying to turn it was even worse. Tried everything. Giant > eventually gave me a new frame .. only because they didn't have a > matching fork for the frame I had.. in that case they believed it to be > in the frame. It was pure torture.. I don't like being afraid of my > bike, but after having it shimmy/shake at 57 mph in a turn I was afraid > of that bike at speed. Another time at 63 mph. Headsets, wheels, tires, > handle bars, stems.. seat adjustments.. what's worse the only way to > test to see if it's fixed was to get back to that speed. After I got > the new frame is was like night and day.. and relaized the bike had > been loose or looser than the new one.. loose = not as stable even in > those 30 40 mph turns as the new one.. > > I trying to say that means anything.. just saying I don't agree that > shimmy is part of a bike or that we should have to suck it up. If a > bike shimmy's it takes the fun and love for the bike away.. a deep gut > renching saddness that the bike isn't what it should be. > > As a consumer a shimmy on a new bike is not acceptable to me. Period. I > expect the answer to be found... in design or something. > > Later > > Kelly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
