This was an interesting thread; it got me to try out some shimmy for myself. I've never experienced speed wobble or shimmy before.
Riding the Quickbeam on a flat road at about 14 mph, with 40mm tires and 8-10 lbs in a front bag, I sat up no-hands and whacked the handlebars sideways. Bwo-wo-wo-wo-wo shimmy! I had expected the shimmy to self-correct, but it kept right on going until I put a hand on the bars again. "Cool. Guess there's a reason I never did that before." Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Aug 10, 8:10 am, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > on 8/10/10 4:38 AM, Rene Sterental at orthie...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Here's why I made my assumption: > > > "i tense up and apply the brakes a little..." > > (snipped) > > That was a follow up post made by Bob C. Not the original post. > > Further, I'm not quite sure why this was referenced to Angus' Quickbeam, > other than a "this could happen to you..." example. If I followed Bob's > post appropriately, he was saying _all_ bicycles exhibited shimmy, when he > rode them. > > This gets back to the variability of the rider's mass and position, etc., > rather than anything intrinsic to Riv/GP designs. > > - J > > -- > Jim Edgar > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > Singlespeed - Working Bikes -- 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.
