In five years of riding my Rambouillet I have never experienced any front end shimmy - until this morning. I was coming down VT 108 from Smugglers Notch and as the bike hit 45 mph I shifted my hands from the drops to the center, to get into a tuck, and all of a sudden I got this slight, but unnerving front end shimmy. As soon as I returned to the drops it quieted down. I have had this bike up to 50 before so it wasn't just the speed. Clearly, shifting my weight backwards seemed to unweight the front enough to cause the shimmy. I had an Acorn Rondoneur bag on the front but it didn't have much weight in it.
My son gave me a pair of Continental Grand Prix tires, which are only 23 mm and have proven to me that they need to be up around 110l bs to avoid pinch flats. That's the only difference I'm aware of. Has anyone else run a Rambouillet with very skinny tires, and did you experience any hi speed shimmy? Other than that, I'm feeling pretty good that I can still make that climb (2800 ft up from my home). BTW, as I started up the mountain road I ran into three heavily loaded senior citizens from, of all places, Walnut Creek! They spotted my bike right away. michael -- 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.
