On Sat, 2010-12-11 at 20:18 -0800, james black wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 04:59, Steve Palincsar wrote:
> > 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 t
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 04:59, Steve Palincsar wrote:
> 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 (de
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 ha
I rode motorcycles about 30 years ago, and there was an aftermarket product
that was seen as having the potential to help - the adjustable hydraulic
steering damper. It was a miniature version of a car shock absorber,
looking about as large around as a tailgate lifter off of a modern car.
They oft
I worked in a multi line motorcycle shop from '85 - '95, and have been happily
riding motorcycles and bicycles for many, many years. Not surprisingly,
motorcycles experience a similar phenomenon Because of the greater vehicle
mass and higher speeds, a simple wobble or shimmy can quickly become
