I ride three largish Rivendells, a road custom (61.5cm), Legolas (62), and a Quickbeam (60). None shimmy, not one bit. A fourth early Allrounder (58cm for 26 inch wheels) is super flexible made from Reynolds 753 tubing. It doesn't shimmy either. The Quickbeam has a front basket and the Allrounder most often carries a front Acorn bag. Still no shimmy. Shimmy is mysterious but med-high trail designs such as Rivendells tend to limit shimmy. Back in The Day I raced on a Dave Moulton Fuso 58cm frame (for sale, make an offer! http://www.flickr.com/photos/79695460@N00/400396875/in/set-72157607471577085 ).
Dave claimed his high trail design and short top tubes eliminated shimmy on his frames. It has always been rock solid. Jan Heine has posited that stiff chainstays in relation to flexible top tubes help minimize shimmy. On Friday, April 26, 2013 7:51:39 AM UTC-6, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > Years ago some dude on here had a shimmying Rambouillet. He apparently > solved the problem by installing a thick, heavy thorn-resistant tube in his > front tire. At the time, I thought he was a kook, but you never know. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
