This is happening on the Homer. It has a large saddle bag but when I was riding yesterday, with maybe 5 or 7 pounds on the rear rack, it still had wobble going about 12mph. I did buy it used but it's the factory fork. I think it may also have something to do with the handlebars. They are albastache on a dirt drop stem so they are pretty high off the steering column.
On Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 5:11:19 PM UTC-4, lambbo wrote: > > Dearest Friend, > > Is this happening on the used Homer you bought or the new-from-riv > Appaloosa? I bought my Cheviot used on this list, and it got speed wobble > at certain speeds down hills. Later, I got in an accident and bought a new > fork from Rivendell, and the bike no longer wobbles. I don't know if it > was that I re-installed the fork and messed with the headset, or if it was > the new fork. > > Good luck! > > > On Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 2:56:53 PM UTC-4, Cyclofiend Jim wrote: >> >> Yeah. That is my experience as well. >> Mostly it's about the weight between fore/aft. >> They tend to be speed-specific. They'll happen at 18 mph, but not at 17, >> for example. >> >> Jobst wrote some (fairly strongly opinionated) missives about this - this >> came up first: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/shimmy.html >> >> The only time I've had a wobble was one brevet on the Hilsen, in which >> I'd aft-loaded 2x the amount of planned gear due to a weather change, had >> nothing on the front, and sat up as I crested a hill and glided no handed. >> Got a wiggle-wiggle-wiggle and shifted forward slightly, at which point >> it stopped. I never managed to reproduce it with more mindful loading. >> >> Ride buddy JimG had a long struggle with his Kogswell on this topic - he >> had documented it well, which ought to be searchable through his site - >> http://yojimg.net/bike/ >> >> Jim / cyclofiend >> >> On Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 4:46:49 AM UTC-7, Peter White wrote: >>> >>> I've never found that wheel alignment, which is actually frame >>> alignment, has any effect on wobble. If the frame is out of alignment the >>> two wheels will not follow the same line when the bike is moving in a >>> straight line. For example, if the rear wheel is tracking to the right of >>> the front wheel when moving in a straight line, the bike will tend to turn >>> towards the right. This is easiest to feel when riding no hands. But this >>> won't cause the bike to wobble. >>> >>> Peter White >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 9:48 PM Fryett <fry...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Are you wheels perfectly aligned within the frame? >>>> >>>> On Monday, March 23, 2020 at 7:01:24 PM UTC-7, Friend wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone have suggestions for correcting a wobble I get when I ride >>>>> with no hands? >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>> -- >>> Peter White >>> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a2ff4d61-afb2-4536-8802-023711f1c607%40googlegroups.com.
