All - Many thanks for the excellent suggestions. I'll put the bike up on the stand this weekend and see if I can determine what's what. All the best, Kevin
On Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 12:22:21 PM UTC-4, jinxed wrote: > > I've been on two bikes that felt exactly like that, one while seated, the > other while out of the saddle. > > The seated one was an old Raleigh that the drive side chainstay had broken > at the dropout. So even though it was the back wheel shifting, it showed up > in the steering. Much like piloting a tandem when the stoker moves around > excessively. > > The out of the saddle one was an Alan bonded aluminum road bike. The seat > tube had actually come unbonded at the BB "lug" and would pull out > completely when standing and the bb would wag side to side. It would settle > back in and look normal soon as you sat down or got off the bike. Took a > while before happened to look down while out of the saddle. Really weird > sensation that was hard to pinpoint. The steering just got real loose > feeling, so I was focused on the front of the bike. > > I would certainly fine tooth comb the frame if the headset turns out to be > fine. > -- 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.
