Allan
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Reged: 05/04/04
Posts: 198
Loc: Bds,W I
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Re: Solid As A Rock
01/08/06 03:55 AM (66.205.15.124)
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Having re-read the postings here its easy to form a lot of opinions on what causes the dreaded shimmy situation, and while it does happen to some bikes it can usually be traced down to the area by changing out suspect parts.
I'm not going to debate it other than to say ive never had it happen on any bikes ive built up, and using frames with headtube angles from 73degrees to 75.6degrees there were no problems i encountered.
Granted i build and true my own wheels so the tension i use is something i know, but i couldn't speak for the bikes that had shimmy and what the tension on their wheels were, something to also consider.
Also most front forks are not quite accurate and i've had to file quite a few dropouts to centre a perfectly symetrical front wheel.
As for speed, where i live there is a hill that decends close to 900 feet of drop in less than two miles. The maximum speed i've done on it without assisted pedalling is 72 MPH, and yup the slight bends it has really come up fast at those speeds.
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Its time to ride.
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