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 usually keep the big saddle bag on the rear rack (which is there permanently and I deal with the slight shimmy if I make a big market trip) and front paniers. With more low weight in the front the ride is smooth as glass. -Andy
On Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 4:22:10 PM UTC-8, hsmitham wrote: > > I'm on a roll here with another question!! > > On my Atlantis with about 5 to 6 lb load up front I have noticed the front > end shimmy with no hands (I realize that Riv say's or thinks I'm a knuckle > head for this practice) which is for only a brief time period, even with > one hand I can feel the and see the shimmy which is pretty violent above > 19-20 MPH so much so that lister Mike S. commented on it. Mike and Riv > claim that others have experienced the same and switched to the Tange > needle bearing headset resolving the issue. > > My question, has anyone out there experienced this phenomenon? And if so > did you switch to the Tange needle bearing headset and did it resolve the > shimmy or at the least reduce it. What Riv say's about more friction at the > lower race where all the force is received makes sense? I'd just like some > real world application confirmation. 'nough said. > > Thanks in advance for you experiences and feedback. > > ~Hugh > Los Angeles, CA > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
