Re: [RBW] Re: Shimmy, according to BQ NRC

2010-12-13 Thread zeidler . robert
-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: Shimmy, according to BQ NRC You sure he didn't mean a 26 frame size (not wheel size)? On Dec 12, 11:42 am, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Sun, 2010-12-12 at 14:40 -0500, Robert Zeidler wrote: I concur with your opinion on the Paramount.  I

[RBW] Re: Shimmy, according to BQ NRC

2010-12-12 Thread Jim Cloud
Your experience with a 1972 Paramount is interesting. I have a 1977 P-15 Paramount, that I'm still riding, and I've never experienced any problems with speed wobbles. It's a 26 frame bike with a 110mm extension on the stem. It's rock steady descending on steep roads with speeds attained of

Re: [RBW] Re: Shimmy, according to BQ NRC

2010-12-12 Thread Bill Gibson
It would interesting to know what combination of factors are attributable to a bike having a tendency for speed wobbles. Jim Cloud Tucson, AZ Which is the subject of the Shimmy Review in the Winter BQ! The Winter BQ recounts opinions and experiences from the past 100 years in a few pages,

Re: [RBW] Re: Shimmy, according to BQ NRC

2010-12-12 Thread Robert Zeidler
I concur with your opinion on the Paramount. I, too, have a few of the 26 bikes, all 531 , and find they are rock steady. Is this a 27 wheel thing maybe? Sent from my iPad On Dec 12, 2010, at 12:43 PM, Jim Cloud cloud...@aol.com wrote: Your experience with a 1972 Paramount is interesting.

Re: [RBW] Re: Shimmy, according to BQ NRC

2010-12-12 Thread Steve Palincsar
On Sun, 2010-12-12 at 14:40 -0500, Robert Zeidler wrote: I concur with your opinion on the Paramount. I, too, have a few of the 26 bikes, all 531 , and find they are rock steady. Is this a 27 wheel thing maybe? I do not recall a 1972 Paramount coming with 26 wheels. FWIW, mine had 27.

[RBW] Re: Shimmy, according to BQ NRC

2010-12-12 Thread Bill M.
You sure he didn't mean a 26 frame size (not wheel size)? On Dec 12, 11:42 am, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Sun, 2010-12-12 at 14:40 -0500, Robert Zeidler wrote: I concur with your opinion on the Paramount.  I, too, have a few of the 26 bikes, all 531 , and find they are rock