On Sunday, January 21, 2018 at 4:27:06 PM UTC-6, John G. wrote:
> 1. The tracking feels wobbly, as if the bike has to work reaally hard
> to hold a straight line. It's much more noticeable when I ride one-handed.
> 2. This one is harder to explain, but a bit scarier: on long, gently
> curvi
I don't know a lot about this kind of thing, but I imagine it would take
quite a lot of force to knock a head tube out of alignment. Usually the
fork will go, then the down tube will ripple before anything happens with
the head tube. When you say the fork was realigned, was it the fork blades,
Tires inflated and beads set properly?
I know its like asking “Is it plugged in?” when troubleshooting, but this can
cause squirrelly handling.
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A bike that required frame and fork alignment from a front end crash
deserves a new headset.
Hopefully just an unstated part of all the work performed on your bike. I
can't imaging clamping up a bike frame for cold set adjustment at a frame
table with the pressed headset parts installed.
Was
This is all really great advice. Thanks, everyone! I'm certainly
frustrated, but I also feel like I'm learning something new about bikes.
Your wisdom is appreciated.
Andy, the headset was not replaced. You ask great questions about the work
they did, and unfortunately, I don't know the answer.
I recked a road bike a few years back and a shop streaghtened the fork blades.
Bike still leaned. Careful inspection the fork tube that goes into head tube
was bent. I discarded the bike.
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Yes, a bent steerer tube could cause symptoms like this. That's why I asked
whether Waterford looked at the blades, or the steerer, or both. It's
possible, if they were told to align the blades, they may not have looked
closely at the steerer (though it would have to be a bad day at the
office.
