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RE: [WCCChat] Front Wheel Wobble

I would think you need your wheel trued or your bearing are loose.

 


From: WCCChat@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WCCChat@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of boupie6
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 4:33 PM
To: WCCChat@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [WCCChat] Front Wheel Wobble

 

Has anyone experienced a serious case of front wheel wobble while at
high speed (usually downhill)? And if so, have you found a fix to the
problem?

Thanks,
Wayne



Mon Mar 5, 2007 1:07 am

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Has anyone experienced a serious case of front wheel wobble while at high speed (usually downhill)? And if so, have you found a fix to the problem? Thanks, ...
boupie6
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Mar 4, 2007
10:13 pm

I would think you need your wheel trued or your bearing are loose. _____ From: WCCChat@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WCCChat@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of boupie6 ...
Norman Sherran
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Mar 5, 2007
1:38 am

W, You need to get your wheel trued. Dave Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... From: "boupie6" <waynep@...> Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:32:38 ...
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Mar 5, 2007
1:39 am

Wayne, Assuming your wheel is fine, bike wobble at high speed is actually a phenomenon that is common. I forget all the science behind it but have seen it ...
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Mar 5, 2007
10:28 am

Hello Wayne: I forgot, check your tires too!!!! andrew ... From: WCCChat@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WCCChat@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of bike2me@... Sent:...
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Mar 5, 2007
1:24 pm

Hello There: Andrew from Metro Bicycles here..... Yes, by all means have your bike checked out... All of my life, my bikes have not wobbled or vibrated....at...
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Mar 5, 2007
1:26 pm

Here I found an article about it _http://www.spectrum-cycles.com/615.htm_ (http://www.spectrum-cycles.com/615.htm) ...
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Mar 5, 2007
10:32 am

Wayne, A common problem, and a recent solution: http://preview.tinyurl.com/ecwsy Calfee is probably the world's leading expert in the field of carbon fiber...
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Mar 5, 2007
3:00 pm

If I might take a different direction here... There might not be anything wrong with your front wheel; high speed wobble is not all that uncommon to occur in...
Full, Kevan
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Mar 5, 2007
3:31 pm

Thank you to everyone who has responded. I have learned quite a bit about shimmy, nutation, and other forces exerted on a bike since yesterday afternoon. It...
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Mar 5, 2007
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