A needle bearing headset seems to help with shimmy but isn't a cure all. I
experienced a violent shimmy even with this headset. I was riding downhill and
hit a patch of sand on the asphalt. It was a OMG, I sure I'm gonna wreck,
experience.
I was lucky and rode out the shimmy. Afterwards I
On Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 7:07:21 PM UTC-6, dougP wrote:
Hugh:
I've had shimmies with my 58cm Atlantis. Oddly enough, and contrary to
accepted wisdom, mine was induced by a moderate rear load.
+1. That has been my experience, too, on Heron Road bikes (700C as spec'd
and 650B
Doug and I have talked about shimmy a bit involving our respective Atlanti
(mine is a 56cm with 26 wheels) and it seemed that in both our experience
that a high rear load equates to a shimmy. To me, when loaded, the
Atlantis rides the most stable with a low front load. For overnighters I
I don't have an Atlantis, but I've experienced shimmy on 2 of my Riv
customs (not on a 3d), both times starting to appear after years/miles of
riding them without a sign of the problem.
I have no idea what caused it, but among things that I did change the
problem appeared were tires: from Turbos
Needle bearing headset has cured shimmies on 2 bicycles I have owned. I use
Miche.
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Hugh:
I've had shimmies with my 58cm Atlantis. Oddly enough, and contrary to
accepted wisdom, mine was induced by a moderate rear load. I used to use a
Rivendell Hobo bag as a saddle bag. On a gradual downhill near where I
live, with a modest amount of weight (a few pounds) in the
Doug,
Your right it's a relatively inexpensive experiment and one I'll most
likely do.
You know the shimmy did happen when I had a rear and front load, so maybe I
can't blame it all on a front load? I was carrying about 20# in the rear so
perhaps it's just the fact that I have about 25# total
