Re: [CR]Now:Shimmy Was:"Mojo" or B. S. Confente/Baylis/Herse

(Example: Framebuilders:Brian Baylis)

From: <DAVIDTESCH@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 20:37:07 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]Now:Shimmy Was:"Mojo" or B. S. Confente/Baylis/Herse
To: richardsachs@juno.com, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 7/9/02 3:13:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time, richardsachs@juno.com writes:


> i agree with chuck's assessment of my assessment.

I am afraid I must get in on this one. Most of the shimmy incidences I have seen are consistent with E-Richie's, If it has anything to do with geometry, it is about a bike that does not fit the rider, and has too much bike in front, not enough weight on the front Wheel. This is a fit issue. The business of alignment exacerbating it by being "too straight" does not take into consideration issues like road crown. I do not believe that there is a standard explanation anyway, it has to vary with each circumstance due to bike fit, road conditions, etc. Dave Tesch