On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 23:10 -0500, stanwas...@bellsouth.net wrote: > Some time ago I read somewhere, here perhaps, that a possible > technique for eliminating a shimmy on a bicycle was to gently apply > pressure to the top tube with one's knee, assuming one could not be > bothered to return ones hands to the bars. I can't remember which of > my three bikes exhibit a shimmy with hands removed, but the other two > do not. In my experience with whichever bike it is, I have found that > to be effective in eliminating the shimmy. Of course, not removing my > paws from the bars stops the problem from occurring in the first > place.
Knee to top tube is a highly effective and well known (in my experience) way to stop /speed wobble/ -- as distinguished from "shimmy". And speed wobble happens with hands on the bars, in fact can be caused by those hands on the bar (death grip or shivering). -- 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.
